Reporting centers and number of transplants performed
 (31-12-2010)
COUNTRY CITY HOSPITAL No of TX No of TX/Country
Portugal Lisbon Hospital Curry Cabral 220 494
Porto Hospital Sto Antonio 193
Coimbra Coimbra University Hospital 81
France Villejuif Hospital Paul Brousse/Kremlin Bicêtre 138 147
Lyon Hospital Edouard Herriot 5
Clichy Hospital Beaujon 3
Strasbourg Hôpital Hautepierre 1
Sweden Stockholm Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge 50 62
Gothenburg Sahlgrenska University Hospital 11
  Uppsala Uppsala University Hospital 1  
Spain Barcelona Hospital de Bellvitge 34 51
Seville University Hospital Virgen del Rocio 10
Vizcaya Hospital de Cruces Barakaldo 6
   Pamplona  Clínica Universitaria  1 
Brazil São Paulo Hospital Albert Einstein 36 48
Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 9
  Santo Amaro Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital 3  
Germany Mainz Der Johannes Gutenberg Universität 19 48
Hannover Medizinische Hochschule 15
Heidelberg Chirurgische Universitätsklinik 10
Tübingen Klinikum der Universität 3
Münster Universitätsklinikum 1
Japan Kumamoto Kumamoto University Hospital 15 38
  Kyoto Kyoto University 10  
Matsumoto Shinshu University Hospital 7
Niigata Niigata University Hospital 2
Sapporo Hokkaido University Hospital 2
Fukuoka Kyushu University 1
Tokyo Tokyo University Hospital 1
USA Burlington Lahey Clinic Medical Center 12 38
San Francisco UCSF Medical Center 10
Miami University of Miami 5
Philadelphia The Penn Transplant Center 2
Chapel Hill UNC Comprehensive Transplant Center 2
Baltimore University of Maryland 2
Phoenix Mayo Clinic 2
Pittsburgh Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute 1
Rochester Mayo Clinic 1
Cleveland University Hospitals of Cleveland 1
Switzerland Genève Hospital Cantonal 10 13
Bern Inselspital 3
UK London King´s College 11 12
Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1
Belgium Brussels UCL St Luc 7 12
Gent University Hospital 3
Liège CHU Sart Tilman 2
Canada London London Health Science Center 4 7
Toronto Toronto General Hospital 3
Netherlands Groningen University Hospital 3 5
Rotterdam University Medical Center 2
Italy Milan National Cancer Institute 1 2
Milan Hospital Maggiore 1
Argentina Buenos Aires Hospital C Argerich 1 1
Australia Sydney Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1 1
Romania Bucharest Fundeni Clinical Institute 1 1
Norway Oslo Rikshospitalet 1 1
India New Delhi Sir Ganga Ram Hospital 1 1
China Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital 1 1
         
Taiwan Taipei Taipei Veterans General Hospital 1 1

Recipient characteristics:

Sex distribution: Male 75% / Female 25%

Age: Mean 55.1±9.1 yrs, median 56.0 yrs, range 3 – 74  

Indications for domino liver transplantation No of cases

Primary hepatic malignancy 

398
Metastatic hepatic malignancy          28
Cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B and C 181
Alcoholic cirrhosis 202
Retransplantation 50
Other miscellaneous diagnoses 116
Diagnosis not specified 3

Donor characteristics:

Sex distribution: Male 56% / Female 44%

Age: Mean 41.2±11.5 yrs, median 38 yrs, range 21 – 72

Metabolic disease: FAP, Fibrinogen a-chain amyloidosis, Hyperoxalosis, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Hypercholesterolemia

 

Main causes of death:

Tumor recurrence 24%

Septicemia 16%

Cardiac related deaths 7%

Peroperative deaths 5%

 

Conclusion:

Domino liver transplantation demonstrate excellent results and is a valuable donor liver resource to selected patients.