Liver transplantation using COVID-19 positive donors may be safe option to expand access

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77000login-checkLiver transplantation using COVID-19 positive donors may be safe option to expand access

By Monica Stonehill

BOSTON — Researchers reported similar patient and allograft survival 1 year after liver transplantation between COVID-19 positive and negative donors, showing potential for expanding organ access, according to data at The Liver Meeting.

“During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of liver transplants decreased worldwide,” Roy X. Wang, MD, of Penn Medicine, said in a related Q&A with AASLD.
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