Liver transplant program. Critical population mass and community need
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liver trasplantationAbstract
Despite its proved efficacy hepatic transplant (HT)
involves a therapy of high complexity and raised
cost.
In Uruguay, with its /ow number of inhabitants, the
need far HT has been challenged.
The aim of this report is to justify the need of an
HT program with an analysis of the population
critica! mass, medica/ care requirements and thevarious factors affecting the patient and its social
setting at pre and post transplant. A/so dealt with
are the contributions of an HT program to global
improvement of care, particular/y hepatopathies.
lt is concluded that an HT, in Uruguay, is ful/y
justified in conjunction with current demand and
with the fact that its population mass warrants
prediction of a higher number of 15 HT's per mil/ion
inhabitants.
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