Liver Transplantation Today: Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going

Dear Colleagues,

Since the first successful liver transplantation, this curative treatment concept has become a true success story. Thanks to the establishment of surgical standards, the introduction of potent immunosuppressive drugs, and the definition of posttransplant care, considerable improvements have been achieved in both short- and long-term survival. Although it may seem that the most important quantum leaps in liver transplantation have already been accomplished, the rediscovery of perfusion systems proves just the opposite, forcing us to think further about how to proceed in a resource-efficient, low-side-effect manner to perfect this chapter in medicine even further. The journal Medicina is launching a Special Issue titled “Liver Transplantation Today: Where We Are Now and Where We Are Going” with the goal of bringing together current and forward-looking evidence on preparation, delivery, and follow-up in the context of liver transplantation. We are pleased to invite you and your co-workers to submit your original research articles that address unresolved issues in transplant and recipient health in the short and long term, recently resolved problems, critical revisions of existing concepts, and visions in the field of liver transplantation. We also encourage the submission of original manuscripts ranging from basic to clinical research and comprehensive reviews focusing on the technical aspects of organ preservation, rejection and tolerance, biliary tract diseases, and the recurrence of underlying disease and de novo oncology.

Dr. Dennis Eurich
Guest Editor

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