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Steatotic livers for liver transplantation—life-saving but at a cost

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boxed-textMcCormack L et al. (2007) Use of severely steatotic grafts in liver transplantation: a matched case–control study. Ann Surg 246: 940–948

Steatotic liver grafts with ≤30% macrosteatosis will probably benefit most OLT recipients, however, grafts with >30% macrosteatosis pose an increased risk and might only benefit a subgroup of patients, who must be characterized by further research

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