Five hundred intestinal and multivisceral transplantations at a single center: major advances with new challenges.

Abstract

Survival has greatly improved over time as management strategies evolved. The current results clearly justify elevating the procedure level to that of other abdominal organs with the privilege to permanently reside in a respected place in the surgical armamentarium. Meanwhile, innovative tactics are still required to conquer long-term hazards of chronic rejection of liver-free allografts and infection of multivisceral recipients.