Influence of donor and recipient gender on liver transplantation outcomes in Europe.
Giacomo GermaniNicola ZeniAlberto ZanettoRené AdamVincent KaramLuca Saverio BelliJohn O'GradyDarius MirzaJurgen KlempnauerDaniel CherquiJohann PratschkeNeville JamiesonMauro SalizzoniErnest HidalgoJan LerutAndreas PaulJuan Carlos Garcia-ValdecasasFernando San Juan RodríguezErica VillaPatrizia Burranull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
Donor/recipient gender mismatch in male recipients and the use of obese donor in female recipients are associated with reduced survival after LT. Therefore, the incorporation of donor and recipient anthropometric quantities in the allocation process should be a matter of further studies, as their matching can significantly influence long-term outcomes.