Background: Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare, life-threatening clinical condition that is characterized
by severe hepatocellular necrosis, jaundice, coagulopathy and encephalopathy. The aim of this study
was to evaluate patients who underwent liver transplantation at Dokuz Eylül University of Medicine
Faculty (DEUMF) due to ALF.
Materials and methods: The patients who underwent liver transplantation at DEUMF due to ALF were
evaluated retrospectively.
Results: All of the liver transplantations performed in this study were successful; toxicity was the major
cause of ALF in these patients (84%).
Conclusion: Results of this study may not be generalizable to all of Turkey since the patients included
in this study were only from one region. However, our study is in accordance with others that show that
liver transplantation is a very safe and effective method for the treatment of ALF.