Liver Transplantation
Adult living donor liver grafts offer a viable option to transplant candidates
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 21st, 2005
"No long-term (3 years) prospective comparison of adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (A2ALLTx) to adult deceased donor liver transplantation (ADDLTx) has been reported. This is a prospective, institutional review board (IRB) approved, 6-year comparison of A2ALLTx to ADDLTx," investigators in the United States report.
"Data include: age, gender, ethnicity, primary liver disease, waiting time, pretransplant CTP/MELD score, cold ischemia time (CIT), perioperative mortality, acute and chronic rejection, graft and patient survival, charges and post-transplant...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-03-21)
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