Liver transplantation in Latin America: reality and challenges

Liver transplantation in Latin America: reality and challenges

Summary: Healthcare systems in Latin America are broadly heterogeneous, but all of them are burdened by a dramatic rise in liver disease. Some challenges that these countries face include an increase in patients requiring a transplant, insufficient rates of organ donation, delayed referral, and ineq...

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Main Authors:	David Aguirre-Villarreal, Maximiliano Servin-Rojas, Aczel Sánchez-Cedillo, Mariana Chávez-Villa, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro, Juan Pablo Arab, Isaac Ruiz, Karla P. Avendaño-Castro, Maria A. Matamoros, Enrique Adames-Almengor, Javier Diaz-Ferrer, Erika Faride Rodriguez-Aguilar, Victor Manuel Paez-Zayas, Alan G. Contreras, Mario R. Alvares-da-Silva, Manuel Mendizabal, Claudia P. Oliveira, Miquel Navasa, Ignacio García-Juárez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:	The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Subjects:	Cirrhosis Liver transplant Latin America MELD allocation Extended criteria donor Live donor
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X23002077

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