Underutilization of Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Bias against MELD 20 and Higher

Background and Aims: Utilization of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and its relationship with recipient Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) needs further evaluation in the United States (U.S.). We evaluated the association between recipient MELD score at the time of surgery and surviv...

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Autores principales: Perumpail, Ryan B., Yoo, Eric R., Cholankeril, George, Hogan, Lupe, Deis, Melodie, Concepcion, Waldo C., Bonham, C. Andrew, Younossi, Zobair M., Wong, Robert J., Ahmed, Aijaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: XIA & HE Publishing Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777886
http://dx.doi.org/10.14218/JCTH.2016.00029

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777886
http://dx.doi.org/10.14218/JCTH.2016.00029

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