Gender Differences in Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Polycystic Liver Disease
Autor: | Paul J. Thuluvath, Talan Zhang, Mahak Chauhan |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Physiology business.industry Polycystic liver disease medicine.medical_treatment Gastroenterology Hepatology Liver transplantation medicine.disease Lower risk 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Survival rate Survival analysis Kidney transplantation Dialysis |
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 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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