Journal of Liver

Rafael Soares Pinheiro

Publications

• Research Article
  MELD Era Increases the Number of Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantations
  Author(s): Lucas Souto Nacif, Wellington Andraus, Luciana Bertocco de Paiva Haddad, Rafael Soares Pinheiro and Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque Lucas Souto Nacif, Wellington Andraus, Luciana Bertocco de Paiva Haddad, Rafael Soares Pinheiro and Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque
  
  Introduction: Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation (CKLT) procedure is performed in large transplant centers worldwide as a therapeutic option for patients with disease in both organs and is currently the procedure of choice in many centers. The objective of this study was the evaluation of the number of combined transplantations before and after adoption of the MELD score in the Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplant Division of the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and comparison with the State of São Paulo. Method: Clinical data from 705 transplantations performed from January 2002 to July 2012 were studied. Overall patient survival was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method for patients who underwent either combined liver and kidney transplantation or liver transplantation alone. Evaluation of the number of combined transpl.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0889.1000124

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