Regional and National Trends of Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States Over the Last Two Decades.
Saleh A AlqahtaniAhmet GurakarHani TamimThomas D SchianoAlan BonderZachary FrickerMarwan KazimiDevin E EckhoffMichael P CurryBehnam SaberiPublished in: Journal of clinical and translational hepatology (2022)
Following a substantial decline after a peak in 2001, the number of adult LDLTs steadily increased from 2011 to 2019. However, LDLTs still constitute the minority of the transplant pool in the US. Life-saving policies to increase the use of LDLTs, particularly in regions of high organ demand, should be implemented.
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