Luis Javier Antúnez Peñafiel, Morelos Adolfo García Sánchez, José Francisco Centellano Cortés, Dianna Estefany Lopez Amaro, Victoria Amaya Pérez, Iván Conrado Flores León, Fridalexa Cuen Baez, Carlos Segura, Matija Daniel, Zuri Sadai Grez Larios, Eder Bazan Romero, Jesús Guzmán Valdivia
Introduction: The human liver is a large brown/reddish abdominal organ weighing approximately 1800 g in men and 1400 g in women, it performs more than 500 vital functions. Liver regeneration is an extraordinary biological phenomenon of adaptation and response. Objective: To carry out art history based on national and international medical literature on liver transplantation in humans. Discussion: liver transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for patients with end-stage hepatic failure and has demonstrated considerable success, especially in high-volume centers in developing countries, and achieving numerous factors can influence long-term survival; considering immunosuppressive treatment, with an overall survival at five years exceeding 75 to 80 %, With a cadaveric donor or by hepatectomy with a living donor, which is one of the most technically demanding procedures in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation itself. Conclusions: liver transplantation is today an opportunity to preserve the life of the terminal patient, evoking hope with a high possibility of having a good quality of life. In Mexico, liver transplantation is carried out with very good results.