Availability of a Web and Smartphone Application to Stratify the Risk of of Early Allograft Failure Requiring Liver Retransplantation

Alfonso W Avolio^{1

2}, Andrea Contegiacomo³, Salvatore Agnes^{1

2}, Giuseppe Marrone¹, Giovanni Moschetta¹, Luca Miele^{1

2}, Marc L Melcher⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia traslazionale, School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
³ Dipartimento di diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Comment

Alfonso W Avolio et al. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;6(1):247-248.

doi: 10.1002/hep4.1754. Epub 2021 Jun 22.

Alfonso W Avolio^{1

2}, Andrea Contegiacomo³, Salvatore Agnes^{1

2}, Giuseppe Marrone¹, Giovanni Moschetta¹, Luca Miele^{1

2}, Marc L Melcher⁴

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia traslazionale, School of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
³ Dipartimento di diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Abstract

Early Allograft Dysfunction Increases Hospital Associated Costs After Liver Transplantation-A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.
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