Open AccessA Propensity-matched Survival Analysis: Do Simultaneous Liver-lung Transplant Recipients Need a Liver?
Author(s) -
Kyle Freischlag,
Brian Ezekian,
Paul M. Schroder,
Michael S. Mulvihill,
Morgan L. Cox,
Matthew G. Hartwig,
Stuart J. Knechtle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002529
Subject(s) - liver transplantation , medicine , propensity score matching , lung , gastroenterology , transplantation
There is debate whether simultaneous lung-liver transplant (LLT) long-term outcomes warrant allocation of 2 organs to a single recipient. We hypothesized that LLT recipients would have improved posttransplant survival compared with matched single-organ lung recipients with an equivalent degree of liver dysfunction.