Current and Future Trends in Liver Transplantation in Europe Philipp Dutkowski, Olivier De Rougemont, Beat Müllhaupt, Pierre—Alain Clavien  Gastroenterology  Volume 138, Issue 3, Pages 802-809.e4 (March 2010) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.030 Copyright © 2010 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Evolution of the number liver transplantation and patient survival in Europe.3 Gastroenterology 2010 138, 802-809.e4DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.030) Copyright © 2010 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Evolution of living donor liver transplantation in Europe and the United States. (□) European data from the European Liver Transplant Registry.16 (▾) US data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.87 Gastroenterology 2010 138, 802-809.e4DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.030) Copyright © 2010 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Patient survival after LDLT in Europe16 and the United States.87 The US data show overall survival for pediatric and adult recipients. □, adult LDLT Europe (n = 1,757); Δ, pediatric LDLT Europe (n = 1,003); (▴), US overall LDLT (n = 3,301; separate data from adults and children are not available). Gastroenterology 2010 138, 802-809.e4DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.030) Copyright © 2010 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Donation rates in Europe vary much more than in United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) regions. Transplant activity in Europe appears to be half when compared with the US (21.3 OLT/Mill vs 9.2 OLT/Mill, respectively). Gastroenterology 2010 138, 802-809.e4DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.030) Copyright © 2010 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions