Editorial: Optimizing Outcomes for Children Requires Ensuring Access to Living: Donor and Split Liver Transplants

Emily R Perito^{1

2}, John P Roberts³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

Editorial

Emily R Perito et al. Transplantation. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 1;106(9):1736-1737.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004174. Epub 2022 Aug 19.

Emily R Perito^{1

2}, John P Roberts³

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

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Comment on

Living Donor Liver Transplant Center Volume Influences Waiting List Survival Among Children Listed for Liver Transplantation.
Yoeli D, Choudhury RA, Moore HB, Jackson WE, Nydam TL, Wachs ME, Pomfret EA, Adams MA. Yoeli D, et al. Transplantation. 2022 Sep 1;106(9):1807-1813. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004173. Epub 2022 May 17. Transplantation. 2022. PMID: 35579406

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