In 2000, almost 3000 persons died while waiting for a kidney transplant, and half that number died while waiting for a liver transplant.

在2000年，大约3000人在等候肾脏移植的过程中死亡，等待肝脏移植死亡的数量为这个数目的一半。

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He added that waiting times for donor livers are getting ever longer, and it is now known that hepatorenal syndrome does not always improve after a liver transplant, so guidelines are needed.

他指出，等候捐肝者的期间相当长，而在肝脏移植后肝肾症候群症状不一定会有所改善，所以才需要规范。

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Knievel, 60, had hepatitis C and had been on a waiting list for a liver transplant for several months.

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"A lot of people in Japan waiting for a transplant, waiting for a liver, a heart, other organs, most of them just die simply because they couldn't get any organs, " he said.

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