Background Postoperative liver failure remains a life-threatening complication. Preoperative
evaluation of liver function is essential in reducing the complications after hepatectomy …

In comparison with the Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) system, recent studies suggested that
the model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) may more accurately predict the survival for …

Abstract Background & Aims Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a severe complication of
cirrhosis which is characterized by renal dysfunction and associated with poor survival …

Many prognostic systems have been devised to predict the outcome of liver transplantation
(LT) candidates. Today, the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is widely used for …

Liver function assessment is important to ensure safe surgical procedures in patients with
hepatocellular disease. Because the liver influences a wide variety of functions, including …

There are three possible policies for prioritization for liver transplantation: medical urgency,
utility and transplant benefit. The first is based on the severity of cirrhosis, using Child …

Policies for organ allocation can be based on medical urgency, utility or transplant benefit.
With an urgency policy, patients with worse outcomes on the waiting list are given higher …

Morphological criteria have always been considered the benchmark for selecting
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients for liver transplantation (LT). These criteria, which …

Liver resection remains one of the most technically challenging surgical procedure in
abdominal surgery due to the complex anatomical arrangement in the liver and its rich blood …

It has been more than 50 years since Starzl and colleagues 1 performed the first successful
human liver transplantation (LT) in the United States. In the following years, LT gradually …