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DR JASON WELLEN (St Louis, MO): Dr Cannon and colleagues have presented a retrospective analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) data comparing the outcomes of kidney transplantation, after a simultaneous liver kidney transplantation (SLK), compared with a matched cohort of kidney transplants. They used UNOS data between 2003 and 2012 in order to incorporate the changes to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) allocation. Their manuscript sought to illustrate the potential lost life years of kidney allografts that are being transplanted as SLKs.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Tags: Western surgical association article Source Type: research