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1 Managing Access to Liver Transplantation: Implications for Gastroenterology Practice 
Roberts Brown, Jean C. Emond  Gastroenterology  Volume 132, Issue 3, Pages (March 2007) DOI: /j.gastro Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Transplant benefit, defined as the likelihood of mortality at 1-year with transplantation compared with remaining on the waiting list, shows no survival benefit, ie, hazard ratio >1 for MELD <15 and progressively increasing benefit as MELD rises. Reprinted from Menon et al.16 Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Survival benefit of pursuing living donation. Patients with potential living donors are more likely to survive compared with those with no potential donors, regardless of whether they undergo living donation. Reprinted from Russo et al.33 Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Number of living donor liver transplant procedures performed per year since 1998. Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 Treatment algorithm for HCC confined to the liver.
Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions


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