Liver Transplantation in China

Abstract

Liver transplantation has been developed in Mainland China for about 40 years, from clinical trials to maturity. Its number has become the second in the world, its quality is also in line with the international level, and the source of donors has gradually transitioned to donation after citizen's death (DCD). This chapter is aimed to elaborate the liver transplant work in China from the history and current status of liver transplantation, the main operating methods, major indications, donor maintenance and donor quality assessment, postoperative major complications, and application of immunosuppressive agents to the postoperative follow-up. Liver transplantation is a meaningful and challenging work currently in China; all the Chinese transplant surgeons and scholars are devoting themselves to this work in order to give more effective help to the patients.

Sixteen-Year Cohort of Liver Transplantation in the National Health System in Brazil: Analysis of Immunosuppression Maintenance Therapies

“…In 2016, Brazil was the third country in the world in the number of LTs performed, behind only the United States and China, which ranked first and second, respectively. However, in that same year, Brazil was the 21st in the number of liver transplants per million people in a ranking of 44 countries ( Associação Brasileira de Transplante, 2018 ; Manyalich et al, 2018 ; Ming et al, 2019 ).…”