Abstract
From 1963–1983 555 liver transplantations have been performed (Table I). A total of 155 patients were alive in 1983; 81 patients survived more than one year, 23 more than 5 years and 5 even beyond 10 years (Table II). The actuarial one year survival was 35%. The results of more recent years are further improving to 60 and 70% (1).
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Krom, R.A.F. (1984). Present Status of Clinical Liver Transplantation Based on a Review of 5 Centres: Pittsburgh, Cambridge, Hannover, Innsbruck and Groningen. In: Smit Sibinga, C.T., Das, P.C., Opelz, G. (eds) Transplantation and Blood Transfusion. Developments in Hematology and Immunology, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3840-6_23
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