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Liver allocation and distribution: Possible next steps

✍ Scribed by Kenneth Washburn; Elizabeth Pomfret; John Roberts

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 297 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22349

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✦ Synopsis

Recent discussions about the distribution of cadaveric liver allografts for transplantation have raised many important issues. Over the past 2 years, a deliberative process including discussions, modeling, a request for information, a public forum, and a concept document has led to a greater focus on a possible path for reducing wait-list mortality. Here we describe that process, our interpretation of the feedback and responses, and possible recommendations.

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