Superior Outcomes Seen for Living Donor Liver Transplant
Living donor liver transplant offers superior outcomes and less resource utilization over deceased donor liver transplant.
Hepatic Transplantation
HEPATIC TRANSPLANTATION
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Travel Distance for Organ Recovery in Liver Transplant Increased
Investigators assessed whether a recently implemented policy was associated with changes in travel distance for organ recovery and number of organ imports and exports.
Disparities in Liver Transplantation Access, Outcomes Persist in the United States
A study was conducted to assess racial, gender, and socioeconomic disparities related to liver transplantation, including referral, waitlisting practices, allocation, and post-transplant care.
Neighborhood Deprivation Predicts Poorer Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes
A team of researchers sought to determine whether neighborhood deprivation affected outcomes in pediatric patients having undergone hepatic transplantation.
Sex-Disparities Exist in Liver Transplant Allocation
Women are more likely than men to die waiting for a liver transplant.
Simultaneous Splenectomy Effective Against Small-for-Size Graft Syndrome in LDLT
Simultaneous splenectomy may prevent small-for-size graft syndrome in adults with a living donor liver transplantation.
Sex Differences in Liver Transplant Candidates With Portopulmonary Hypertension
Female candidates for liver transplant who have portopulmonary hypertension have higher pulmonary vascular resistance, lower Model for End-Stage Liver Disease scores, and are more likely to have autoimmune liver disease, compared with male candidates.
Mycophenolate Mofetil Does Not Top Methotrexate in Noninfectious Uveitis
For adults with noninfectious uveitis, mycophenolate mofetil is not associated with superior control of inflammation compared with methotrexate.
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