Survival Benefit After Liver Transplantation: A Single European Center Experience

200934 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Matteo Ravaioli · Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi

Gian Luca Grazi · University of Bologna

Alessandro Dazzi · Istituto Tecnico Industriale Alessandro Volta

Valentina Rosa Bertuzzo · Istituto Tecnico Industriale Alessandro Volta

Giorgio Ercolani · Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi

Matteo Cescon · University of Bologna

Alessandro Cucchetti

Abstract

LT should be reserved for cirrhotic patients with MELD score more than or equal to 20 independently of other recipient and donor matches or for cases with lower MELD score but with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Topics & Keywords

Liver Disease and Transplantation Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Transplantation

Volume 88, Issue 6, pp. 826-834

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181b26807

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