Abstract:
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:To explore non-cancerous factors that may be related with medium-term survival (24 months) after liver transplantation (LT) in this data from northeast Brazil.
METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in patients who underwent deceased-donor orthotopic LT because hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at the University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Non-cancerous factors (i.e.: donor-, receptor-, surgery-and center-related variables) were explored as prognostic factors of medium-term survival using un… Show more
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