Liver transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 2020 year-end report from Lombardy, northern Italy

Andrea Lauterio¹, Riccardo De Carlis¹, Mila Valsecchi², Ivan Vella¹, Matteo Zaniboni², Roberto Fumagalli^{2

3}, Luciano De Carlis^{1

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¹ Department of Transplantation. Division of General Surgery and Transplantation, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesiology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
⁴ International Center for Digestive Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

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doi: 10.1111/tri.13953. Epub 2021 Jul 27.

Andrea Lauterio¹, Riccardo De Carlis¹, Mila Valsecchi², Ivan Vella¹, Matteo Zaniboni², Roberto Fumagalli^{2

3}, Luciano De Carlis^{1

3

4}

¹ Department of Transplantation. Division of General Surgery and Transplantation, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesiology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
⁴ International Center for Digestive Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

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