Liver transplantation for chronic liver diseases – ten years experience in Budapest

Aims: The liver transplant program in Budapest was started ten years ago and 216 transplantations – ten in the first year, 43 in the last year – were performed in 202 patients. Aim of the study was to evaluate our results achieved in the treatment of chronic non-malignant liver diseases that are the main indication of transplantation. Patients and methods: Data of patients grafted for chronic liver diseases were retrospectively reviewed. Beside demographic and clinical characteristics three-months mortality and morbidity including primary nonfunction, hepatic artery thrombosis, intraabdominal bleeding, biliary l…