Abstract
An online registry and tracking system for liver transplantation in Japan was introduced on January 1, 2012, and this is the first report using this system. In all, 422 such transplants were performed at 38 institutions in 2012. Forty-one were cadaveric transplants (all from heart-beating donors), and 381 were living-donor transplants. Then most common indication was cholestatic disease, followed by neoplastic disease. As for the graft liver in living-donor transplants, a right lobe graft was used in 45.3% of adult cases, whereas a lateral segment graft was used in 73.6% of pediatric cases. The preoperative data of recipients, operation time, blood loss, and transfusions of recipients and donors, as well as postoperative immunosuppression regimen, are also reported.
