Current Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation Kitajima M.
Current Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation Kitajima M. In Japan, cadaveric donor liver transplantation is not common even though cadaveric organ transplantation was legally established…
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Current Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation Kitajima M.
In Japan, cadaveric donor liver transplantation is not common even though cadaveric organ transplantation was legally established in 1998. Indications for and have become living donor liver transplantation are widening in Japan similar to those for cadaveric donor liver transplantation in the United States and Europe. In contrast, the number of living donor liver transplantations is increasing, with more than 1700 cases at 43 Japanese institutes by November 2001.
Remarkable progress has been reported recently, and thus it was an auspicious time to hold a symposium on "Current issues in liver/small bowel transplantation" in Japan. At the same time, split liver transplantation from cadaveric donors shares some technical aspects with living donor liver transplantation. We were honored to hold a very fruitful symposium sponsored by the Keio University Medical Science Fund and to bring