Liver Transplantation in Recipients With Class III Obesity: Posttransplant Outcomes and Weight Gain

Liver Transplantation in Recipients With Class III Obesity: Posttransplant Outcomes and Weight Gain

Background. There has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Several studies have reported conflicting results for the impact of obesity on outcomes of liver transplantation (LT). This study aims to assess the impact of obesity on LT and changes in body mass index (BMI) after tran...

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Main Authors: Daiki Soma, MD, PhD, Yujin Park, MD, Plamen Mihaylov, MD, Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD, Marwan Ghabril, MD, Marco Lacerda, MD, Naga Chalasani, MD, Richard S. Mangus, MD, Chandrashekhar A. Kubal, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-02-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001242

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