Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Severe Obesity: The Impact of Performance Status
Severe obesity in patients with a low-performance status before transplantation significantly increases the risk of poor perioperative and long-term outcomes. Interestingly, this effect is not seen in patients with high-performance scores. Additionally, the combination of severe obesity and advanced age in low-performance status patients may have a compounded negative effect on posttransplant survival.
Authors
- Meera Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-8162)
- Siddharth Desai
- Malay B. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5325-2410)
- Roberto Gedaly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-0918)
- Mackenzie Donoho
- Francesc Martí (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-6884)
- Alejandro Cracco
- Xiaonan Mei
- Alexandre Ancheta
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplantation Direct
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/txd.0000000000001863
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00