Key figures
The?transplantation?team
Professor?Gui-hua Chen
- Location:?5th-6th Floor, No.6 ?Building
- 70 staff:?23 Physicians, 1 Technician, and 46 Nurses
- 70 Ward beds
- Specialty:?Liver tumor and Liver Transplantation
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Introduction of the Department of Liver Surgery
The department of?liver?transplantation was established in 2003.?It’s the national leader of transplant surgery, research and innovation. The?total?number of ward beds?of the?department of?liver?transplantation, plus the inpatients wards in the department of?kidney?transplantation?and?transplant?intensive?care?unit?is?113.?It’s?the?national?key?discipline and the?national?clinical?key?specialty. Until now, the department of?liver?transplantation has completed more than 1,200 cases of liver transplantation. As the largest and most comprehensive transplant center in the Southern China, we?offer individualized?and?ongoing care to patients?before and after transplant. The?transplant team?is highly?experienced?in nearly all kinds of liver surgeries, including mesenteric thrombosis, chronic severe viral hepatitis, biliary atresia, living donor right liver lobe transplantation with inclusion of the middle hepatic vein,?complex hepatectomy.?Our high-quality medical care and the state-of-the-art facility have attracted patients from all over the country. Our surgeons perform major organ transplant procedures, including?liver, pancreas, intestinal and multivisceral transplant. We are dedicated to find the proper organ donor for to our patient, and to improve the care experience by shortening the waiting and striving for better treatment outcomes.
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The transplant team is an innovator for many transplant procedures in China, such as the?modified piggyback orthotopic liver transplantation using cavaplasty technique. It has?become one of the most widely?applied?surgical techniques in liver transplantation. The?transplant team?is?also?a?pioneer?of translational research for liver transplant. We have successfully applied several?laboratory discoveries?on?treatments?for?post?transplant?complications, such as mesenchymal stem cells as salvage treatment for steroid-resistant acute rejection after liver transplantation, mesenchymal stem cells as salvage treatment for graft versus host disease after liver transplantation, allogeneic natural killer cells to treat the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation,?etc.
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?Achievements
The?transplant team?has?won many awards, including?the first prize of?Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education,?and the first prize of?Science and Technology Award of Guangdong province. In 2004,?a?clinical and basic study on orthotopic liver transplantation?received the?second prize of?National Science and Technology Progress Award, which was the first award in the field of liver transplantation in China.?We?received?research grants?from various sources, including the National Basic Research Program (973 Program), the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program), the National Natural Science Fund, and the Key Clinical Program of the Ministry of Health in China. In addition,?we are the sponsor of?two Chinese journals-“Organ Transplantation”?and?“Chinese Journal of Hepatic Surgery (Electronic Edition)”. In?the past?five years, the?department?has?published more than 300 articles in both Chinese and English,?including 100?articles?collected?by the SCI?database.
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Staff
Liver transplant surgeons; hepatologists; nurses; transplant coordinators; and other health care professionals.?There are 8?Ph.D.?supervisors?and?15 Master supervisors?in the department.
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Academic?Leader
Professor Chen Gui-Hua,?Ph.D.?Supervisor, is the Director of Liver Transplantation?Department. He?is a famous?surgeon and specialist for liver surgery. Currently, he serves as the?honorary?president of the Third ffiliated?hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University. His other positions include the Director of the Organ Transplantation Institute of Sun Yat-Sen University; Dean of Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province; Director of the Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research in Guangdong Province; Member of the?Standing?Committee?on?Organ Transplantation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; Member of the?Standing?Committee?on?Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; Director of the Surgery Division of the Chinese Medical Association; Vice Director of the Liver Transplantation Division of the Chinese Medical Association. Professor Chen is the Editor-in-Chief of?“Organ Transplantation”?and?“Chinese Journal of Hepatic Surgery (Electronic Edition)”.?
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Types?of?End?Stage?Disease?Suitable for?Liver?Transplantation
??Acute Liver Failure
??Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
??Autoimmune Hepatitis
??Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
??Cirrhosis
??Cystic Fibrosis
??Familial Amyloidosis
??Hemochromatosis
??Hepatitis
??Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery
??Liver Cancer/ Hepatocellular Carcinoma
??Liver Transplantation
??Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
??Pediatric Liver Disease
??Portal Hypertension
??Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
??Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
??Wilson’s Disease
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Related?Departments:
Department of Anesthesiology
Department?of?Ultrasound
ICU of Organ?Transplantation
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Clinical?Characteristics
Thanks for the rigorous scientific and clinical research conducted at the liver transplantation center of the hospital, our surgical technique for organ transplantation is advancing every year.?Liver transplant procedures?that take the advantage of the most current?medical knowledge and surgical?techniques?benefited from the research finding include:
Adult?Liver?Transplant
Living Donor Liver Transplantation,
Partial Liver Transplantation,
Reduced Size Liver Transplantation,
Split Liver Transplantation
Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation
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The experts in the fields of hepatology, liver surgery, and transplantation offer?patients the unparalleled?experience?in?treating all forms and stages of liver disease. We?first?assess?and then design personalized treatment for?your current disease?combining the application of?standard medical therapy, investigational protocols, surgical therapy, transplantation or?postoperative?follow-up.?Our center?regularly conducts?clinical trials?for?studying various treatment regimens for liver transplantation.?Patients?will be?invited to participate in the trials of new treatments?if?appropriate, and?the?participation is entirely voluntary.
