Multicentric evaluation of model for end-stage liver disease-based allocation and survival after liver transplantation in Germany--limitations of the 'sickest first'-concept.

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Published in Transpl Int on September 03, 2010

Authors

Tobias J Weismüller1, Panagiotis Fikatas, Jan Schmidt, Ana P Barreiros, Gerd Otto, Susanne Beckebaum, Andreas Paul, Markus N Scherer, Hartmut H Schmidt, Hans J Schlitt, Peter Neuhaus, Jürgen Klempnauer, Johann Pratschke, Michael P Manns, Christian P Strassburg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Associated clinical trials:

Equity and Efficacy of Allocation Priority for Liver Transplantation Patients With MELD≥30 in Italy | NCT04530240

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