Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation
✍ Scribed by F. Braun; K. Teren; P. Wilms; R. Günther; J. Allmann; D.C. Broering; T. Küchler
- Book ID
- 116935372
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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Not only is there a limited supply of organs for liver transplantation, but the quality of the available organs is not uniform. Risk factors such as donor age and cause of death are known to predict graft failure, but their impact on the recipient's quality of life (QOL) has not been reported. We se
## YES, THERE IS (QUALITY OF) LIFE AFTER Overall, 1-year survival is 79%, 1 and many centers are reporting 1-year survivals approaching 90%. Long- ## LIVER TRANSPLANTATION! term results, estimated to be 75%, are also quite good.