Reduced mortality with right-lobe living donor compared to deceased-donor liver transplantation when analyzed from the time of listing

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 998-1002

  Shah, S A ^a,b   Levy, G A ^a   Greig, P D ^a   Smith, R ^a   McGilvray, I D ^a   Lilly, L B ^a   Girgrah, N ^a   Cattral, M S ^a   Grant, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor hepatectomy; Living donation; Living donor liver transplantation; MELD score; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; CADAVER; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33947585687     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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