Annals of Saudi Medicine (Mar 2014)
Liver Transplantation at KFSHRC: Achievement and Challenges
- Mohammed I. Al Sebayel,
- Faisal A. Abaalkhail,
- Hamad Al Bahili,
- Almoutaz Hashim Abdo,
- Hussein A. Elsiesy,
- Mohammed S. Al Sofayan,
- Yasser M. El Sheikh,
- Bassem S. Hegab,
- Yasser M. Kamel,
- Talal T. AlGoufi,
- Hazem H. Hasssan,
- Martin M. Burdelski,
- Mohammad A. Al Shagrani,
- Mohamed R. Abdelfattah,
- Khaled M. Attallah,
- Talat Z. Mahmood,
- Yahya Z. Saleh,
- Firas Zahr Eldeen,
- Dieter C. Broering
Affiliations
- Mohammed I. Al Sebayel
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Faisal A. Abaalkhail
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Hamad Al Bahili
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Almoutaz Hashim Abdo
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Hussein A. Elsiesy
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Mohammed S. Al Sofayan
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Yasser M. El Sheikh
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Bassem S. Hegab
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Yasser M. Kamel
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Talal T. AlGoufi
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Hazem H. Hasssan
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Martin M. Burdelski
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Mohammad A. Al Shagrani
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Mohamed R. Abdelfattah
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Khaled M. Attallah
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Talat Z. Mahmood
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Yahya Z. Saleh
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Firas Zahr Eldeen
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- Dieter C. Broering
- From the Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery-Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Riyadh
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2014.103
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 34,
no. 2
pp. 103 – 106
Abstract
The liver transplantation program at KFSHRC has been active since 2001. More than 450 liver transplants have been performed so far. The program evolved from adult cadaveric transplant to living donor and recently to pediatric and split techniques. The 1-year survival of patients for both pediatric and adult exceeded 90% and the 5-year survival of patients is more than 80%. Associated with this success are challenges that include: organ shortage, quality of organ harvested, inability to meet the growing national need, increased demand of resource to meet the need of the program, and lack of a collaborative national strategy in organ donation and transplantation.
