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ReviewFrontiers in transplantation2023

Factors affecting survival after liver retransplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Elizabeth W Brombosz, Linda W Moore, Constance M Mobley, Sudha Kodali, Ashish Saharia, Mark J Hobeika, Ashton A Connor, David W Victor, Yee Lee Cheah, Caroline J Simon and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Living donor liver re-transplantation: a viable option?Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Elizabeth W BromboszDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Linda W MooreDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Constance M MobleyDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Sudha KodaliJC Walter Jr Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Ashish SahariaDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Mark J HobeikaDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Ashton A ConnorDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
David W VictorJC Walter Jr Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Yee Lee CheahDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Caroline J SimonDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Ahmed Osama GaberDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.
Rafik Mark GhobrialDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Liver retransplantation (reLT) has historically had inferior survival relative to primary liver transplant (LT). To improve outcomes after reLT, researchers have identified factors predicting overall (OS) and/or graft survival (GS) after reLT. This systematic review and random effects meta-analysis sought to summarize this literature to elucidate the strongest independent predictors of post-reLT. Methods: A systematic review was conducted to identify manuscripts reporting factors affecting survival in multivariable Cox proportional hazards analyses. Papers with overlapping cohorts were excluded. Results: All 25 included studies were retrospective, and 15 (60%) were single-center studies. Patients on pre-transplant ventilation (HR, 3.11; 95% CI, 1.56-6.20; Conclusions: The meta-analysis was complicated by papers utilizing non-standardized cut-off values to group variables, which made between-study comparisons difficult. However, it did identify 7 variables that significantly impact survival after reLT, which could stimulate future research into improving post-reLT outcomes.

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end-stage liver diseaseliver retransplantationliver transplantationmeta-analysisreoperationrisk factors

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PMID38993927
PMCPMC11235252

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