Hepatology Digest: Can you talk a little bit about some of the latest progress for liver transplantation for primary non-HCC tumors including some of the indications for transplant?

Initial poor graft function is the early primary complication after orthotopic liver transplantation, and it affects directly the survival of graft and recipient.

Piggyback allogenic orthotopic liver transplantation was performed successfully in one patient with primary liver carcinoma. The operation took 11 hours and 30 minutes.