Comparing Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death Versus Donation After Brain Death in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Zendy

Malcolm Wells | Zendy; Kris P Croome | Zendy; T. Janik | Zendy; Roberto HernandezAlejandro | Zendy; Natasha Chandok | Zendy

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Comparing Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death Versus Donation After Brain Death in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author(s) -

Malcolm Wells,

Kris P Croome,

T. Janik,

Roberto HernandezAlejandro,

Natasha Chandok

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.921

H-Index - 65

eISSN - 2291-2797

pISSN - 2291-2789

DOI - 10.1155/2014/421451

Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , donation , relative risk , meta analysis , liver disease , organ donation , transplantation , cause of death , surgery , confidence interval , gastroenterology , disease , virus , immunology , economic growth , economics

Liver transplantation (LT) using organs donated after cardiac death (DCD) is increasing due, in large part, to a shortage of organs. The outcome of using DCD organs in recipients with hepatits C virus (HCV) infection remains unclear due to the limited experience and number of publications addressing this issue.

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