Combined liver–dual kidney transplant: Role in expanded donors

Marco Di Laudo, Matteo Ravaioli, Gaetano La Manna, Giorgia Comai, Matteo Cescon, Massimo Del Gaudio, Chiara Zanfi, Alessandro Cucchetti, Giorgio Ercolani, Antonio Daniele Pinna – 26 April 2016 – Kidney injury is a common clinical feature among liver transplantation (LT) candidates that heavily affects prognosis and complicates the surgical decision‐making process. Up to 20% of patients undergoing LT demonstrate some degree of renal impairment, and 2% will benefit from a combined liver‐kidney transplantation (LKT).

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