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The Elderly Liver Transplant Recipient: A Call for Caution

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2001

Year

Marlon F. Levy, Ponnandai Somasundar, Linda W. Jennings, Ghap Joong Jung, Ernesto P. Molmenti, Carlos G. Fasola, Robert M. Goldstein, Thomas A. Gonwa, Göran B. Klintmalm
Annals of Surgery

Abstract

Low-risk elderly patients fare as well as younger patients after liver transplantation. However, unless results can be improved, high-risk patients older than 60 years should probably not undergo liver transplantation.

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