Although surgical techniques for liver transplantation and patient management have improved in the past 30 years, changes in outcomes after surgery have varied in the USA, according to an analysis of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. Rates of in-patient mortality, graft loss and infection after surgery have all improved. However, mortality after discharge has remained stable during this time period, which the authors suggest is due to an increase in comorbidities not related to the liver.
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Variable outcomes for liver transplantation. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 12, 62 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2015.6
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