Open AccessRecipient ineligibility after liver transplantation assessment: a single centre experience
Author(s) -
Aman Arya,
Roberto HernandezAlejandro,
Paul Marotta,
Julia Uhanova,
Natasha Chandok
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.004512
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , transplantation , surgery
Candidacy for liver transplantation is determined through standardized evaluation. There are limited data on the frequency and reasons for denial of transplantation after assessment; analysis may shed light on the short-term utility of the assessment. We sought to describe the frequency and reasons for ineligibility for liver transplantation among referred adults.
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