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A BRIEF HISTORY OF
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
IN HONG KONG
1967
The World's First Deceased
Donor Liver Transplantation
Dr. Thomas E. Starlz described the
first successful liver transplantation
on a 19 year-old girl with
hepatocellular carcinoma in US.
The First Deceased Donor
1991 Prof. ST Fan and his team performed
Liver Transplantation
donor
Hong
Kong's
deceased
first
liver transplantation on a 60-year-
The First Combined Liver and
old man suffering from primary
Kidney Transplantation
biliary cirrhosis on 5 October 1991.
In 1994, Hong Kong's first combined
liver and kidney transplantation was
performed on a patient with
polycystic liver and kidney disease.
The World's First Left Lobe Living
1994
Donor Liver Transplantation
In the same year, the first living
donor liver transplantation was
described by Dr. Makuuchi and
his group in Japan.
The World's First Right Lobe
Living Donor Liver
Transplantation
1996 The world's first right lobe living
was
liver
transplantation
donor
performed by Prof. ST Fan and Prof
CM Lo on a patient suffering from
fulminent Wilson's disease.
The First ABO Incompatible
Liver Transplantation
1998
In special circumstances, ABO
incompatible liver transplantation
is feasible. Despite higher risk of
rejection and infection, the
recipient survived with good
outcome.
