Factors associated with long-term survival after liver transplantation: A retrospective cohort study
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: AIM: To identify predictive factors associated with long-term patient and graft survival (> 15 years) in liver transplant recipients. METHODS: = 35, 31%). The group "other" included rare diagnoses, such as acute liver failure, unknown liver failure, stenosis and thrombosis of the arteria hepatica, polycystic liver disease, Morbus Osler and Caroli disease. RESULTS: = 0.055; Kaplan-Meier analysis, Log rank). Pre-transplant bilirubin, creatinine, ALT and gamma-GT levels were not associated with survival in these patients of the pre-era of the model of end stage liver disease. CONCLUSION: The recipients' age and BMI were predictors of long-term survival after OLT, as well as hepatitis B as underlying disease. In contrast, donors' age and BMI were not associated with decreased survival. These findings indicate that recipient factors especially have a high impact on long-term outcome after liver transplantation.
Source: World Journal of Hepatology
Institution: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2594969859