Impact of the MELD allocation after its implementation in liver transplantation

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 941-948

  Benckert, Christoph ^a   Quante, Markus ^a   Thelen, Armin ^a   Bartels, Michael ^a   Laudi, Sven ^a   Berg, Thomas ^a   Kaisers, Udo ^a   Jonas, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocation system; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; MELD score; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79960219304     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.568521     Document Type: Article

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