Global liver transplantation: emerging trends and ethical challenges

AL Hill, M Khan, AZ Kiani, JD Lindemann… - … Archives of Surgery, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Liver transplant (LT) is the only definitive treatment for end-stage liver disease
(ESLD). This review aims to explore current global LT practices, with an emphasis on …

Low utilization of adult-to-adult LDLT in Western countries despite excellent outcomes: International multicenter analysis of the US, the UK, and Canada

T Ivanics, D Wallace, MPAW Claasen, MS Patel… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers an
opportunity to decrease the liver transplant waitlist and reduce waitlist mortality. We sought …

Variation in adult living donor liver transplantation in the United States: Identifying opportunities for increased utilization

KL Lentine, T Tanaka, H Xiao, T Bittermann… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the United States, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is limited to transplant
centers with specific experience. However, the impact of recipient characteristics on …

[HTML][HTML] Survival Rate of Liver Transplantation in Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

M Ghelichi-Ghojogh, A Rajabi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Liver transplantation is one of the most effective treatments for acute liver
failure, chronic liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. This study was implemented to …

Living-donor liver transplant and improved post-transplant survival in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

L Sierra, R Barba, B Ferrigno, D Goyes, W Diaz… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Racial equity in living donor kidney transplant centers, 2008-2018

LM McElroy, T Schappe, D Mohottige… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance It is unclear whether center-level factors are associated with racial equity in
living donor kidney transplant (LDKT). Objective To evaluate center-level factors and racial …

Biliary atresia and liver transplantation in the United States: A contemporary analysis

A Anouti, MS Patel, LB VanWagner, WM Lee… - Liver …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Biliary atresia (BA) remains the number one indication for paediatric liver
transplantation (LT) worldwide but is an uncommon indication for older LT recipients. The …

Trends in indications and outcomes of liver transplantation in Canada: a multicenter retrospective study

T Ivanics, C Shwaartz, MPAW Claasen… - Transplant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The liver transplantation (LT) landscape is continuously evolving. We sought to evaluate
trends in indications for LT in Canada and the impact of primary liver disease on post‐LT …

The aim of donor safety: surgical approaches and current results

CTJ Magyar, WJ Choi, Z Li, MS Cattral, N Selzner… - Updates in surgery, 2024 - Springer
Living liver donation (LLD) has been suggested as a potential solution to reduce the waitlist
mortality for liver transplantation (LT) recipients by facilitating living donor liver …

Increasing practice and acceptable outcomes of high-MELD living donor liver transplantation in the USA

A Anouti, MS Patel, LB VanWagner, WM Lee… - Liver …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Recent deceased-donor allocation changes in the United States may have increased high-
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT); …