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Waiting-list mortality in patients with cirrhosis and a relatively low MELD score is a matter of concern. The aim of this study was to determine whether a marker of muscle waste could improve prognostication.A pre-MELD cohort (waiting time-based allocation; n=186) and a MELD-era cohort (n=376) were examined. At evaluation, transversal psoas muscle thickness (TPMT) was measured on a computed tomography...
Portosystemic shunting, whether surgical or transjugular intrahepatic, has been a cornerstone of therapy for Budd–Chiari syndrome. However, the long-term impact of shunt dysfunction remains unknown. We have assessed this long-term impact in patients with surgical shunting.Thirty-nine consecutive patients operated on between 1978 and 2000 were analyzed using time-dependent multivariate Cox model.Median...
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