Deceased-Donor Liver Size and the Sex-Based Disparity in Liver Transplantation

Transplantation. 2017 Nov;101(11):e329. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001898.

Authors

Mary G Bowring¹, Jessica M Ruck, Christine E Haugen, Allan B Massie, Dorry L Segev, Sommer E Gentry

Affiliation

¹ 1 Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 2 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 3 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN. 4 Department of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Donor Selection*
Female
Graft Survival
Healthcare Disparities*
Humans
Liver / anatomy & histology*
Liver / surgery*
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Male
Models, Biological*
Organ Size
Sex Factors
Tissue Donors*
Treatment Outcome

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