Table 2.
Present Status of 18 One-Year Survivors after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Eight Are Still Alive from 14 to 58 Months. The Other 10 Eventually Died from the Causes Listed Below
| OT Number |
Time of Death (months) |
Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 12 | Recurrent cancer |
| 29 | 12 | Serum hepatitus and liver failure |
| 8 | 13 | Recurrent cancer |
| 58 | 13½ | ?Chronic rejection |
| ?Recurrent hepatitus | ||
| 16 | 13½ | Rejection and liver failure |
| 14 | 14 | Recurrent cancer |
| 54 | 19 | Multiple liver abscesses necessitating retransplantation |
| 36 | 20 | Systemic Nocardia infection and chronic aggressive hepatitis |
| 13 | 30 | Rejection and liver failure following retransplantation |
| 19 | 41 | Hemophilus septicemia and secondary liver and renal failure |