High-MELD Living-Donor Liver Transplants Show Comparable Outcomes

Transplanting liver tissue from a healthy living person to a patient in serious need is safe, increases the donor pool, and saves lives, Thomas G. Cotter, MD, MSCP, and colleagues report in Liver Transplantation.

“Living-donor liver transplantation among patients with MELD scores of 25 or above can be done safely,” Dr. Cotter notes. Read more in Physician’s Weekly.