Donor BMI and Post–living Donor Liver Transplantation Outcomes: A Preliminary Report
| Autor: | Jessica S. Lin, MD, Haris Muhammad, MD, Timothy Lin, MD, Ihab Kamel, MD, Azarakhsh Baghdadi, MD, Nicole Rizkalla, MD, Shane E. Ottmann, MD, Russell Wesson, MD, Benjamin Philosophe, MD, Ahmet Gurakar, MD |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Transplantation Direct, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e1431 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2373-8731 00000000 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001431 |
| Popis: | Background. Living liver donor obesity has been considered a relative contraindication to living donation given the association with hepatic steatosis and potential for poor donor and recipient outcomes. We investigated the association between donor body mass index (BMI) and donor and recipient posttransplant outcomes. Methods. We studied 66 living donors and their recipients who underwent living donor liver transplant at our center between 2013 and 2020. BMI was divided into 3 categories ( |
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