caa a22 4500 386355886 CHVBK 20180307111853.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0266462300006401 doi S0266462300006401 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0266462300006401 Technology Assessment Applied to Liver Transplantation in Adults [Elektronische Daten] This article is a review of liver transplantation in adults, in the context of ongoing technology assessments of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Liver transplantation in adults has become an accepted therapeutic procedure for end-stage liver disease, as it is practiced in established programs of a number of experienced institutions. The number of medical centers instituting programs of liver transplantation has greatly increased since the 1983 NIH Consensus Conference on this subject, and this article traces the clear relationship between the experience level of the institution and the end result of adult transplantation. Five determinants of the survival rate, safety, and efficacy of liver transplantation are discussed: the supply of donor organs, the selection criteria for transplantation candidates, surgical technique, the support system and support staff available, and adequate suppression of the immunological response. Medical diagnoses most likely to produce successful results are enumerated. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Foster Willis R. National Institutes of Health Burton Benjamin T. National Institutes of Health International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Cambridge University Press 5/2(1989-04), 173-182 0266-4623 5:2<173 1989 5 THC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462300006401 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462300006401 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foster Willis R. National Institutes of Health NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burton Benjamin T. National Institutes of Health NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care Cambridge University Press 5/2(1989-04), 173-182 0266-4623 5:2<173 1989 5 THC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge