Trends in surgical volume and mortality by surgery type among patients with cirrhosis: A Veterans Affairs study

. 2025 Jul 1;31(7):964-967.

doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000576. Epub 2025 Jan 28.

Helen Tang¹, David E Kaplan^{2

3}, Nadim Mahmud^{2

3

4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Helen Tang et al. Liver Transpl. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 1;31(7):964-967.

doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000576. Epub 2025 Jan 28.

Helen Tang¹, David E Kaplan^{2

3}, Nadim Mahmud^{2

3

4

5}

¹ Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Veterans Affairs; cirrhosis surgery; postoperative mortality.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to the content of this manuscript.

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