2014
DOI: 10.6002/ect.2014.0005
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Abstract: Liver retransplant is the only treatment for patients with irreversible graft failure. However, given the severe shortage of organs, there is an ethical question of equity in the distribution of this resource. Liver retransplant is more expensive and is associated with lower patient/graft survival rates than equivalent rates after primary transplant. Both primary nonfunction and hepatic artery thrombosis account for nearly all cases of early liver retransplant. Late indications of liver retransplantinclude chr… Show more

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