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ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences2019

Use of Hepatitis C-Positive Liver Grafts in Hepatitis C-Negative Recipients.

Akshay Shetty, Adam Buch, Sammy Saab

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Review in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akshay ShettyDepartments of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Adam BuchDepartments of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sammy SaabDepartments of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. SSaab@mednet.ucla.edu.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the demand for liver transplantation continues to rise, the scarcity of liver donor grafts has led to the use of extended criteria grafts for liver transplantation in select group of patients. Hepatitis C-seropositive liver grafts have been used primarily in hepatitis C-positive recipients, with studies showing non-inferior outcomes when compared to hepatitis C-negative grafts. Studies suggest that hepatitis C serology status of the donor liver does not influence the patient or graft outcomes in the recipient. These results advocate for offering hepatitis C-positive grafts to all patients awaiting liver transplantation regardless of their hepatitis C status. However, some concerns persist regarding the ethics of potentially introducing a new infection into a patient that could progress to chronic liver disease following liver transplantation. The recent approval of direct-acting antiviral therapy offers a solution to this dilemma, as it has changed the landscape of hepatitis C management by making it a curable disease. In this review, we shall discuss the current evidence regarding the use of hepatitis C-seropositive donor grafts in hepatitis C-positive and hepatitis C-negative patients.

Indexed as

Living DonorsTransplant RecipientsAntiviral AgentsHepatitis CHumansLiver TransplantationRetrospective StudiesTissue DonorsTransplantsAntiviral AgentsDAA, direct-acting antiviralDonor graftsHepatitis C liver transplantationHepatitis C-positive donor graftsLiver transplantation

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PMID30560331
OpenAlexW2904175739

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