[Living-related liver transplantation and clinical pathology]

More than 1,100 cases of living-related liver transplantation have already been performed in Japan. It achieved good survival rates, 83.6% in children and 74.5% in adults. These good results depend on not only development of immunosuppressants and improvement of surgical techniques but also on progress of clinical examination and postoperative management. Many kinds of clinical examination were frequently performed after liver transplantation. Liver transplantation cannot be performed without the cooperation of staffs who are involved in clinical examination.