Liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure predicts post-transplant mortality and impaired long-term quality of life.
Lukas GoosmannAngela BuchholzKatrin BangertValentin FuhrmannStefan KlugeAnsgar W LohseSamuel HuberLutz FischerMartina SterneckPeter HuebenerPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
ACLF predicts impaired post-LT survival. While long-term graft function and extrahepatic comorbidities are comparable in ACLF and non-ACLF LT survivors, the strikingly low QoL in many ACLF-LT recipients warrants consideration during follow-up patient care.