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3. Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Is Recipient Age a Barrier?

Author

Peter L. Abt and Samir Abu-Gazala

Subjects
Transplantation, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Hepatology, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), medicine.medical_treatment, MEDLINE, Liver transplantation, medicine.disease, Older population, Liver disease, Older patients, medicine, Life expectancy, Surgery, business, Living donor liver transplantation
Abstract

As a result of increased life expectancy and a growing incidence of liver disease in the older population, demand for liver transplantation during later stages of life will continue to increase. Older patients (aged >70 years) can benefit from deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) with similar graft and patient survival as younger DDLT recipients [1].

Published
2021
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