Are there better guidelines for allocation in liver transplantation? A novel score targeting justice and utility in the model for end-stage liver disease era

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

To design a new score on risk assessment for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) based on both donor and recipient parameters. BACKGROUND:

The balance of waiting list mortality and posttransplant outcome remains a difficult task in the era of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD). METHODS:

Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database, a risk analysis was performed in adult recipients of OLT in the United States of America between 2002 and 2010 (n = 37,255). Living donor-, partial-, or combined-, and don Show more