L-GrAFT and EASE scores in liver transplantation: Need for reciprocal external validation and comparison with other scores

Alfonso W Avolio; Quirino Lai; Umberto Cillo; Renato Romagnoli; Paolo De Simone

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2020.12.009

L-GrAFT and EASE scores in liver transplantation: Need for reciprocal external validation and comparison with other scores

J Hepatol. 2021 Sep;75(3):729-731. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.12.009. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

Authors

Alfonso W Avolio¹, Quirino Lai², Umberto Cillo³, Renato Romagnoli⁴, Paolo De Simone⁵

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: alfonso.avolio@unicatt.it.
² General Surgery and Transplantation Unit, Policlinico Universitario Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
³ Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
⁴ General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Molinette University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
⁵ Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 33340580
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.12.009

No abstract available

Keywords: DCD; Delayed non-function; EASE score; Early Allograft Failure; Liver transplantation; Machine Perfusion; Outcome; Primary dysfunction; Primary non-function; Prognostic Score; Re-transplant; Smartphone Calculator; Unsustainable-risk class.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Graft Survival
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Tissue Donors