Outcomes of liver retransplantation in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

ABSTRACT: Liver retransplantation in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) has not been well studied. The aims of this study were to characterize patients with PSC listed for and undergoing retransplantation and to describe the outcomes in these patients. The United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database was used to identify all primary liver transplantations and subsequent relistings and first retransplantations in adults with PSC between 1987 and 2015. A total of 5080 adults underwent primary transplantation for PSC during this period, and of the 1803 who experienced graft failure (GF), 762 were relisted, and 636 underwent retransplantation. Younger patients and patients with GF due to vascular thrombosis or biliary complications were more lik

SUBMITTER: Henson JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5865072 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature