Introduction. Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) is an accurate predictor of mortality in patients with cirrhosis, and has been used on liver allocation in Brazil since 2006. However, its impact on organ allocation, waiting list and post-transplant mortality is still poorly characterized. This study aimed to assess the impact of implementation of the MELD system on liver allocation and mo...

In 1996 the EUROTRANSPLANT organisation, which currently includes the member-states Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Slovenia, changed its policy of renal donor organ allocation to the new algorithm ETKAS (Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System). Its main goal was to shorten the average and maximum waiting time, adjust for rare HLA phenotypes and homozygosities, achiev...

BACKGROUND The extent to which clinical and non-clinical factors impact on the waiting-list prioritization preferences of patients in the queue is unknown. Using a series of hypothetical scenarios, the objective of this study was to examine the extent to which clinical and non-clinical factors impacted on how patients would prioritize others relative to themselves in the coronary artery bypass ...

BACKGROUND Decompensated cirrhosis is associated with a poor prognosis and liver transplantation provides the only curative treatment option with excellent long-term results. The relative shortage of organ donors renders the allocation algorithms of organs essential. The optimal strategy based on scoring systems and/or waiting time is still under debate. METHODS Data sets of 268 consecutive p...

Background: The extent to which clinical and non-clinical factors impact on the waiting-list prioritization preferences of patients in the queue is unknown. Using a series of hypothetical scenarios, the objective of this study was to examine the extent to which clinical and non-clinical factors impacted on how patients would prioritize others relative to themselves in the coronary artery bypass...

We retrospectively analyzed all listed patients having hepatic artery chemoembolization (HACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) stage T2 or less. Outcomes were transplantation, waiting list removal, death, and HCC recurrence. Twenty patients (mean age 55.7 years; 15 males) were identified. Twelve (60%) were transplanted, seven (35%) were removed from the list and one (5%) remains listed. Four...

Pancreas transplantation is considered a therapeutic option for patients with complicated diabetes mellitus. In this study, we compared survival rate between patients on the waiting list for pancreas transplant alone(PTA), simultaneous pancreas-kidney(SPK) transplant, and pancreas after kidney(PAK) transplant and transplant recipients. A total of 503 patients (PTA:n = 116; SPK:n = 303; PAK:n = ...