Difficult liver transplantation: Definition, risk factors and outcome
Diff-LT occurs frequently and results in poorer outcomes. Older and obese recipients with high MELD scores and PVT are at higher risk to undergo a Diff-LT. Identification of these patients, adjusting their risk factors and optimizing donor-recipient matching may improve future results.
Authors
- Jürgen Treckmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9817-9365)
- Fuat H. Saner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9157-4573)
- Jassin Rashidi‐Alavijeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8216-0064)
- Daniel Heise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6923-0849)
- Dieter P. Hoyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6206-7559)
- Tamás Benkö (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-3309)
- Katharina Willuweit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-7733)
- Peter T. Dancs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5396-5565)
- Ulf P. Neumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3831-8917)
- Stefanie Swoboda
Institutions
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Digestive and Liver Disease
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2025.08.070
- Primary Topic
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00