The Importance of Prehabilitation in Liver Transplantation

Abstract Over 15,000 patients are listed for liver transplantation across the USA while only 6500 transplants are performed each year. Given the realities of this profound organ shortage, optimal patient preparation is important to assure good outcomes. In recent years, frailty and sarcopenia have emerged as important predictors of post-transplant mortality. Potentially, these risk factors may be remediable with preoperative preparation. Efforts to improve disease management and physical conditioning could not only optimize patients for liver transplantation but could also improve outcomes among those who do not undergo transplantation.
Source: Current Transplantation Reports - Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research