Impact on Waitlist Outcomes from Changes in the Medical Eligibility of Candidates for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Following Implementation of the 2017 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing Policy in the United States

Shingo Shimada; Toshihiro Kitajima; Yukiko Suzuki; Yasutaka Kuno; Tayseer Shamaa; Tommy Ivanics; Kelly Collins; Michael Rizzari; Atsushi Yoshida; Marwan Abouljoud; Dilip Moonka; Shunji Nagai

doi:10.12659/AOT.934850

18 February 2022 : Original article

Impact on Waitlist Outcomes from Changes in the Medical Eligibility of Candidates for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Following Implementation of the 2017 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing Policy in the United States

Shingo Shimada^1ADEF*, Toshihiro Kitajima^1BCE, Yukiko Suzuki^1BD, Yasutaka Kuno^1BD, Tayseer Shamaa^1BC, Tommy Ivanics

^1BCE, Kelly Collins^1DE, Michael Rizzari^1BD, Atsushi Yoshida^1BD, Marwan Abouljoud^1BD, Dilip Moonka^2BD, Shunji Nagai^1ACE

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.934850

Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e934850

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Figure 3 Among patients on simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLK) listings, patients who received liver transplant alone (LTA) showed a significantly worse 1-year graft survival rate than those with SLK in all eras (80.5% vs 90.4%, P=0.003).

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Impact on Waitlist Outcomes from Changes in the Medical Eligibility of Candidates for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Following Implementation of the 2017 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing Policy in the United States

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