Open AccessLiving donor liver transplantation for high model for end-stage liver disease score: What have we learned?
Author(s) -
Hany Dabbous,
M. S. Sakr,
Sara M. Abdelhakam,
Iman Fawzy Montasser,
Mohamed Bahaa,
Hazem Said,
Mahmoud El-Meteini
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v8.i22.942
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , liver transplantation , liver disease , model for end stage liver disease , blood transfusion , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , transplantation , paleontology , biology
To assess the impact of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score on patient survival and morbidity post living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).