[Liver transplantation--indications and postoperative course].

54 liver transplantations on 53 patients are analysed. Tumor disease was found in 57%, cirrhotic liver disease in 43%. 9 patients had metastatic liver tumors after distal colon surgery. The fatal technical failure rate was 3%, the postoperative mortality for the first 3 month and for 1 year 40% and 52% respectively. Very often jaundice and rejection in the graft were found, independent from the crossmatch (pos. in 16%). There is only one child with 3 years. The main reason for postoperative death are lung and heart diseases, which were not diagnosed preoperatively in 10 patients. We conclude that the postoperative complication rate is to be lowered by applying rigorous selection criteria, raising the replantation rate and improving the donor organisation.