Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver clinical practice guidelines on liver transplantation

Kim DS 1 , Yoon YI 2 , Kim BK 3 , Choudhury A 4 , Kulkarni A 5 , Park JY 3 Show all authors , Kim J 6 , Sinn DH 7 , Joo DJ 8 , Choi Y 9 , Lee JH 10 , Choi HJ 11 , Yoon KT 12 , Yim SY 13 , Park CS 14 , Kim DG 8 , Lee HW 15 , Choi WM 16 , Chon YE 17 , Kang WH 2 , Rhu J 6 , Lee JG 8 , Cho Y 18 , Sung PS 19 , Lee HA 20 , Kim JH 13 , Bae SH 19 , Yang JM 21 , Suh KS 22 , Al Mahtab M 23 , Tan SS 24 , Abbas Z 25 , Shresta A 26 , Alam S 27 , Arora A 28 , Kumar A 28 , Rathi P 29 , Bhavani R 30 , Panackel C 31 , Lee KC 32 , Li J 33 , Yu ML 34 , George J 35 , Tanwandee T 36 , Hsieh SY 37 , Yong CC 37 , Rela M 38 , Lin HC 39 , Omata M 40 , Sarin SK 4 , for Asian Pacific Association for Study of Liver (APASL)

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2 Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 4 Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • 5 Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
  • 6 Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 7 Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 8 Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 9 Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 10 Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 11 Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 12 Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Yangsan, Republic of Korea
  • 13 Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 14 Department of Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 15 Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
  • 16 Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 17 Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
  • 18 Center for Liver and Pancreatobiliary Cancer, National Cancer Center, Ilsan, Republic of Korea
  • 19 Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 20 Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 21 Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. jmyangdr@catholic.ac.kr
  • 22 Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. kssuh@snu.ac.kr
  • 23 Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 24 Department of Medicine, Hospital Selayang, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 25 Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 26 Department of Hepatology, Alka Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • 27 Crescent Gastroliver and General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 28 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, New Delhi, India
  • 29 TN Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • 30 University of Malaya Medical Centre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 31 Aster Medicity, Kochi, India
  • 32 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 33 College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • 34 Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • 35 University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • 36 Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
  • 37 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
  • 38 Dr. Rela Institute, Chennai, India
  • 39 Endoscopy Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 40 Department of Gastroenterology, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan
Hepatol Int, 2024 Apr;18(2):299-383.
PMID: 38416312 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-023-10629-3

Abstract

Liver transplantation is a highly complex and challenging field of clinical practice. Although it was originally developed in western countries, it has been further advanced in Asian countries through the use of living donor liver transplantation. This method of transplantation is the only available option in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region due to the lack of deceased organ donation. As a result of this clinical situation, there is a growing need for guidelines that are specific to the Asia-Pacific region. These guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations for evidence-based management throughout the entire process of liver transplantation, covering both deceased and living donor liver transplantation. In addition, the development of these guidelines has been a collaborative effort between medical professionals from various countries in the region. This has allowed for the inclusion of diverse perspectives and experiences, leading to a more comprehensive and effective set of guidelines.

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