The opportunity cost of the liver organ shortage in the United States

The first five liver transplant recipients were all dead within 23 days. The year was 1963, the surgeon was Dr. Thomas Starzl, and the operations were actually deemed a success for their surgical complexity. Since then, liver transplant (LT) has evolved from an experimental, often fatal procedure to the standard of care for end-stage liver […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/omar-haque-khalid-khwaja-bapu-jena" rel="tag" > Omar Haque, MD, Khalid Khwaja, MD, Bapu Jena, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Gastroenterology Surgery Source Type: blogs