Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Liver Transplant Candidates With Renal Dysfunction: Importance of Creatinine Levels, Dialysis, and Organ Quality in Survival

Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Liver Transplant Candidates With Renal Dysfunction: Importance of Creatinine Levels, Dialysis, and Organ Quality in Survival

The survival benefit from simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLK) over liver transplant alone (LTA) in recipients with moderate renal dysfunction is not well understood. Moreover, the impact of deceased donor organ quality in SLK survival has not been well described in the literature. Method...

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Main Authors: Bekir Tanriover, Malcolm P. MacConmara, Justin Parekh, Cristina Arce, Song Zhang, Ang Gao, Arjmand Mufti, Swee-Ling Levea, Burhaneddin Sandikci, Mehmet U.S. Ayvaci, Venketash K. Ariyamuthu, Christine Hwang, Sumit Mohan, Mutlu Mete, Miguel A. Vazquez, Jorge A. Marrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
deceased donor quality
dual organ allocation
propensity score matching
simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246802491630050X

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