Living Donor Liver Transplantation Alone Is Not Inferior to Combined Kidney Liver Transplant for Cirrhotic Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) as is acute kidney injury (AKI). The differentiation between CKD vs AKI is often difficult and sometimes the both may coexist. A combined kidney-liver transplant (CKLT) may result in a kidney transplant in patients whose renal function is likely to recover or at least who have stable renal function post-transplant.