Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1855-1856 , November 2009

Response to Letter “Systematic Grading of Morbidity After Living Donation for Liver Transplantation”

  • Chris Freise

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Mark Ghobrial

      Affiliations

    • The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • A2ALL Study Group

References 

  1. Ghobrial RM, Freise CE, Trotter JF, et al. Donor morbidity after living donation for liver transplantation. Gastroenterology. 2008;135:468–476
  2. Tamura S, Sugawara Y, Kukudo N, et al. Systematic grading of morbidity after living donation for liver transplantation. Letter to the editor. Gastroenterology. 2008;135:1804
  3. Clavien PA, Camargo CA, Coxford R, et al. Definition and classification of negative outcomes in solid organ transplantation (Application in liver transplantation). Ann Surg. 1994;220:109–120
  4. Salvalaggio PRO, Baker TA, Koffron AJ, et al. Comparative analysis of live liver donation risk using a comprehensive grading system for severity. Transplantation. 2004;77:1765–1767
  5. Ghobrial RM, Saab S, Lassman C, et al. Donor and recipient outcomes in right lobe adult living donor liver transplantation. Liver Transplant. 2002;8:901–909
  6. Barr ML, Belghiti J, Villamil FG, et al. A report of the Vancouver Forum on the care of the live organ donor: lung, liver, pancreas, and intestine data and medical guidelines. Transplantation. 2006;81:1373–1385
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 Funding Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK grant numbers U01-DK62536, U01-DK62444, U01-DK62467, U01-DK62483, U01-DK62484, U01-DK62494, U01-DK62496, U01-DK62498, U01-DK62505, U01-DK62531), the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01563-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.071

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1855-1856 , November 2009

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