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Economic Impact of Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure

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F Elgilani, JM Glorioso, MA Hathcock, WK Kremers, and SL Nyberg

Current treatment of Acute Liver Failure (ALF) consists of standard medical therapy to bridge patients to spontaneous recovery or liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to assess the economic
implications of liver transplantation in ALF patients and to evaluate the potential financial benefit of an alternative therapy, such as the bioartificial liver, for treatment of ALF.

Mayo Liver Transplant Database was utilized to gain information on all patients listed for liver transplant at our center from January 2003 to April 2013. Standardized co... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9612.1000132

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