High-MELD Living-Donor Liver Transplants Show Comparable Outcomes
High-MELD living-donor liver transplants show acceptable outcomes, similar to deceased-donor transplants, offering hope for reducing donor shortages.
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Does More Physical Activity Improve Liver Transplant Outcomes?
An intervention with financial incentives and text-based nudges may help patients who are frail and inactive awaiting liver transplant be better prepared for surgery.
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Strategies to Expand the Living Donor Pool for Liver Transplant
Living donor liver transplants continue to emerge to increase the number of patients transplanted and reduce demand for deceased donor transplants.
Read MoreExpanding the Living Donor Pool for Liver Transplant
Living donor liver transplants (LDLT) from directed and non-directed living donors continue to expand the organ donor pool in the United States, shortening wait times for surgery, lowering Model for End-Stage Liver Disease...
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Q&A: A New Approach to Improve Liver Transplant Rates in Septuagenarians
Liver transplants from older donors can be effective for septuagenarian candidates and are associated with lower mortality and shorter time to transplant.
Read MoreKidney & Liver Transplants Less Common in Patients With HIV
Despite post-operative outcomes comparable to those with HIV, low rates of kidney and liver transplantation occur among people with HIV, according to results published in JAIDS. Frank J. Palella, MD, and colleagues analyzed data...
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Kidney and Liver Transplants Less Common in Patients With HIV
While patients with HIV are eligible for kidney and liver transplants, these procedures are uncommon in this patient population.
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Social Deprivation Index Identifies Disparities in Liver Transplant
The SDI assesses disparities in living donor liver transplantation, revealing lower disadvantage in recipients than deceased donor transplants.
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Transplant May Be Appropriate for Wider Range of Liver Neoplasms
Recent research suggests liver transplant may benefit patients with an expanding range of primary or secondary hepatic malignancies.
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Liver Transplant Results Improve, but Re-Transplant Results Lag
Advances in knowledge and techniques improved postoperative liver transplant outcomes, but optimizing re-liver transplant outcomes requires further research.
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Post-Transplant Fibrosis Monitoring Unnecessary With SVR Prior to Liver Transplant
Patients with HCV who achieve a sustained virologic response have better outcomes after liver transplant and do not require post-transplant fibrosis monitoring.
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Disparities Influence Outcomes in Live Donor Liver Transplants
Known disparities related to race and sex in deceased donor liver transplantation also appear to influence live donor liver transplantation.
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Technical Variant Graft Usage Affects Pediatric Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For pediatric liver transplant (LT) candidates,...
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A Single-Center’s Early Surgical Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has become an increasingly common surgical option...
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Splenectomy and Augmented Venal Outflow from Living Donors
The small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) presents a persistent problem for living donor liver...
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Hepatic Artery Restoration (HAR) is Essential for Successful Liver Transplantation
Hepatic artery restoration (HAR) is critical for optimal liver transplant outcomes. For a study,...
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Uterus Transplant Enables Women to Gestate, Deliver Liveborn Infants
FRIDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Initial outcomes of the first five years of uterine...
Read More6 Months to Live or Die: How Long Should an Alcoholic Liver Disease Patient Wait for a Transplant?
In a practice dating to the 1980s, many hospitals require people with alcohol-related liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can be added to the waiting list for a liver. But this thinking may be changing.
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HCC: Waitlisted Living-Liver Donor Recipients Reap Survival Benefits
Intention-to-treat survival significantly improved in HCC patients waiting for a potential living...
Read MoreNovel HCC Selection Tool: Better Outcome Predictor for Liver Transplant Patients
More accurate prediction of recurrence risk may expand liver transplantation to previously...
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