David Uihwan Lee, Ashley Yoo, Sindhura Kolachana, Jaehyun Lee, Reid Ponder, Gregory Hongyuan Fan, Ki Jung Lee, KeeSeok Lee, Kimmy Schuster, Harrison Chou, Hannah Chou, Catherine Sun, Michael Chang, Alex Pu, Nathalie Helen Urrunaga
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The presence of steatosis in a donor liver and its relation to post-transplantation outcomes are not well defined. This study evaluates the effect of the presence and severity of micro- and macro-steatosis of a donor graft on post-transplantation outcomes. METHODS: The UNOS-STAR registry (2005-2019) was used to select patients who received a liver transplant graft with hepatic steatosis. The study cohort was stratified by the presence of macro- or micro-vesicular steatosis, and further stratified by histologic grade of steatosis...
April 25, 2024: Liver International: Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver