How can we utilize livers from advanced aged donors for liver transplantation for hepatitis C?

Summary Advanced age donors have inferior outcomes of liver transplantation for Hepatitis C (HCV). Aged donors grafts may be transplanted into young or low model for end stage liver disease (MELD) patients in order to offset the effect of donor age. However, it is not well understood how to utilize...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplant international 2012-06, Vol.25 (6), p.671-679
Hauptverfasser:	Uemura, Tadahiro, Nikkel, Lucas E., Hollenbeak, Christopher S., Ramprasad, Varun, Schaefer, Eric, Kadry, Zakiyah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult advanced aged donor Age Age Factors donation after cardiac death donor risk index End Stage Liver Disease - surgery End Stage Liver Disease - virology Female Graft Survival Hepatitis Hepatitis C - complications Humans Liver Liver Transplantation - ethnology Liver Transplantation - methods Male Middle Aged Proportional Hazards Models Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Tissue Donors Transplants & implants Treatment Outcome United Network for Organ Sharing Young Adult
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