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Survival benefit of living-donor liver transplantation in patients with a model for end-stage liver disease over 30 in a region with severe organ shortage: a retrospective cohort study.
Int J Surg
November 2023
Department of Surgery, The Research Institute for Transplantation Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Article Synopsis
- LDLT can provide better one-year survival rates for patients with high MELD scores compared to waiting for deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) in regions with organ shortages.
- A study of 649 patients found that those who underwent LDLT had significantly lower mortality rates than those who were on the waitlist for DDLT.
- While LDLT has higher surgical complication rates, the outcomes for living donors were generally positive, with no reported fatalities and minimal severe complications.