Which is more cost-effective under the MELD system: primary liver transplantation, or salvage transplantation after hepatic resection or after loco-regional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma within Milan criteria?

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Published in HPB (Oxford) on August 19, 2011

Authors

Matthew P Landman1, Irene D Feurer, C Wright Pinson, Derek E Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

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