OPTN/SRTR 2021 Annual Data Report: Liver

• Published in: American journal of transplantation Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. S178 - S263
• Main Authors: Kwong, Allison J., Ebel, Noelle H., Kim, W. Ray, Lake, John R., Smith, Jodi M., Schladt, David P., Schnellinger, Erin M., Handarova, Dzhuliyana, Weiss, Samantha, Cafarella, Matthew, Snyder, Jon J., Israni, Ajay K., Kasiske, Bertram L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Adult; allocation; Child; COVID-19 - epidemiology; distribution; Graft Survival; Humans; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic; Liver Neoplasms; Liver transplant; Liver Transplantation; Living Donors; Pandemics; Tissue and Organ Procurement; Tissue Donors; United States - epidemiology; waiting list; Waiting Lists; United States; Liver transplant; allocation; distribution; waiting list

In 2021, liver transplant volume continued to grow, with a record 9,234 transplants performed in the United States, 8,665 (93.8%) from deceased donors and 569 (6.2%) from living donors. There were 8,733 (94.6%) adult and 501 (5.4%) pediatric liver transplant recipients. An increase in the number of...