Liver transplantation in developing countries
Nazli Begum Ozturk1 , Haris Muhammad2 , Merve Gurakar3 , Alperen Aslan4 , Ahmet Gurakar4 , Doan Dao4
1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
2Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University, NJ, USA
3Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
2Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack University, NJ, USA
3Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract
With the increasing incidence and prevalence of end-stage liver disease, demand for donor grafts continues to increase. Approaches on maximizing
the potential donor grafts vary depending on the region. This review aims to summarize the current practice of liver transplantation with an emphasis on challenges encountered in developing countries.
Keywords: Deceased-donor liver transplantation; end-stage liver disease; living-donor liver transplantation.
