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Review
. 2019 Nov 6;14(4):142-145.
doi: 10.1002/cld.848. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Liver-Intestine/Multivisceral Perspective: Indications, Patient Selection, and Allocation Policy

Richard S Mangus  1
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Review

Liver-Intestine/Multivisceral Perspective: Indications, Patient Selection, and Allocation Policy

Richard S Mangus. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figure 1
Posttransplant patient survival comparing intestine only and combined liver‐intestine or multivisceral grafts in the United States.
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Figure 2
Volume of intestine transplants in the United States from 1995 to 2017 (combines both intestine alone and liver‐intestine grafts).
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