The Spread Pattern of New Practice in Liver Transplantation in the United States
Miho Akabane,
Yuki Imaoka,
Carlos O. Esquivel
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundIntroducing new liver transplantation (LT) practices, like unconventional donor use, incurs higher costs, making evaluation of their prognostic justification crucial. This study reexamines the spread pattern of new LT practices and its prognosis across the United States.MethodsThe study investigated the spread pattern of new practices using the UNOS database (2014–2023). Practices included LT for hepatitis B/C (HBV/HCV) nonviremic recipients with viremic donors, LT for COVID‐19‐positive recipients, a… Show more
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