Gender Differences in Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Polycystic Liver Disease

Autor: Paul J. Thuluvath, Talan Zhang, Mahak Chauhan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 67:3445-3454
ISSN: 1573-2568
0163-2116
Popis: In this study, our objective was to determine gender differences in the outcomes of patients with PLD undergoing liver (LT) or liver/kidney transplantation (SLK). We analyzed the UNOS datasets of all adults who had transplanted for PLD between 1988 and 2018. During the study period, 663 LT/SLK (51% LT only and 49% SLK) were done for PLD patients and of these 500 (75%) were in women. Women were younger (52.8 vs. 56.7 years, p
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