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Mayo patients do well before and after liver transplant. Of the 16,000 people on liver transplant lists in the United States, 6,300 undergo transplantation each year, and 1,400 others die waiting. Short- and long-term survival statistics and wait list deaths for more than 100 U.S. transplant centers are easily accessible at the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) website.
Liver transplantation is the second most common form of solid organ transplantation in the US, with over 6,000 procedures performed annually. Hepatitis C (HCV) infection, which is the cause of about 40% of cases of chronic liver disease, accounts for up to 70% of liver transplants.1-3. HCV infection causes inflammation that scars the tissue of the liver.