Tzakis, AG and Gordon, RD and Makowka, L
(1987)
Clinical considerations in orthotopic liver transplantation.
Radiologic Clinics of North America, 25 (2).
287 - 297.
ISSN 0033-8389
Abstract
Three hundred forty (68 per cent) of the 500 patients transplanted with cyclosporine and prednisone are alive, including 197 (66.3 per cent) of the adults and 143 (70.4 per cent) of the children. The goal of orthotopic liver transplantation is restoration of a normal life, and this is achieved in the vast majority of successful orthotopic liver transplantation recipients. Eighty-one long-term survivors transplanted with cyclosporine-prednisone were reviewed. Only seven of these patients were disabled, and two additional patients were unemployed. The remainder were fully employed, active homemakers, or attending school. As the results of orthotopic liver transplantation are continuously improving, we are seeing increasing numbers of successful orthotopic liver transplant recipients among the productive individuals of our society.
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