Publications by authors named "Wilfor Diaz"
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- Autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs) like autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis show varied survival rates post-liver transplant (LT), influenced by factors such as disease severity and socio-economic conditions.
- Analyzing data from 13,702 AILD patients listed for LT from 2002 to 2021, the study focused on waitlist removal, patient survival, and graft survival, taking into account demographics, health conditions, and social factors.
- Findings revealed that lack of college education and public insurance increased waitlist removal and negatively affected both patient and graft survival, while unemployment had the most significant adverse effect on survival outcomes; U.S. citizenship status did not impact
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is the leading indication of liver transplantation (LT) among autoimmune liver disease patients. There is a scarcity of studies comparing survival outcomes between living-donor liver transplants (LDLT)s and deceased-donor liver transplants (DDLTs) in this population. Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database, we compared 4679 DDLTs and 805 LDLTs.
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