ArticlePloS one2018
The weekend effect in liver transplantation.
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- The Impact of Waitlisting After a Weekend on Transplant-Related Outcomes for Patients With Acute Liver Failure in the US.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- Revisiting the "Weekend Effect" on Adult and Pediatric Liver and Kidney Offer Acceptance.Annals of transplantation · 2022Article
- Pancreatic Fistula and Biochemical Leak after Splenectomy: Incidence and Risk Factors-A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- How Old Is Old? An Age-Stratified Analysis of Elderly Liver Donors above 65.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Totally implantable venous access port insertion via open Seldinger approach of the internal jugular vein-a retrospective risk stratification of 500 consecutive patients.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Article
- HTK-N: Modified Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Solution-A Promising New Tool in Solid Organ Preservation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Association of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment and Outcomes With the Day of the Week That Patients Undergo a Repair or Receive a Diagnosis.JAMA ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Survival Outcomes Are Not Affected When Liver Transplant Surgery Is Done at Night, During Weekends, or Summer Months.Transplantation direct · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe weekend effect describes a phenomenon whereby patients admitted to hospitals on weekends are at higher risk of complications compared to those admitted during weekdays. However, if a weekend effect exists in orthotopic liver transplantation (oLT).
methodsWe analyzed oLT between 2006 and 2016 and stratified patients into weekday (Monday to Friday) and weekend (Saturday, Sunday) groups. Primary outcome measures were one-year patient and graft survival.
results364 deceased donor livers were transplanted into 329 patients with 246 weekday (74.77%) and 83 weekend (25.23%) patients. Potential confounders (e.g. age, ischemia time, MELD score) were comparable. One-year patient and graft survival were similar. Frequencies of rejections, primary-non function or re-transplantation were not different. The day of transplantation was not associated with one-year patient and graft survival in multivariate analysis.
conclusionsWe provide the first data for the Eurotransplant region on oLT stratified for weekend and weekday procedures and our findings suggest there was no weekend effect on oLT. While we hypothesize that the absent weekend effect is due to standardized transplant procedures and specialized multidisciplinary transplant teams, our results are encouraging showing oLT is a safe and successful procedure, independent from the day of the week.
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