Review
Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2008; 14(1): 15-21
Published online Jan 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.15
Table 1 Landmark publications of liver transplantation in chronological order
AuthorDiscovery and applicationYear of publication
Starzl[4]First attempts of DDLT in human (1963)1963
Starzl[5]First long survival DDLT recipients (1967-1968)1968
Smith[11]Conceptualization of LDLT (1969)1969
Calne[6]Cyclosporin A used in solid organ transplantation1979
Bismuth[8]First adult-to-child reduced-size DDLT (1981)1984
Pichlmayr[9]Split-graft DDLT for 2 recipients (1988)1988
Belzer[7]Clinical use of University of Wisconsin Solution1990
Raia[1]First attempt of LDLT (December 1988)1989
Strong[12]First successful LDLT from adult to child (July 1989)1990
Yamaoka[21]First report of right liver graft from adult to child (1992)1994
Hashikura[20]First successful left liver adult-to-adult LDLT (November 1993)1994
Lo[22]First right liver adult-to-adult LDLT using right liver (May 1996)1997