Long-term outcomes and trends in liver transplantation for hereditary hemochromatosis in the United States

• Published in: Liver transplantation Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 15 - 25
• Main Authors: Lymberopoulos, Peter, Prakash, Sameer, Shaikh, Anjiya, Bhatnagar, Anshul, Allam, Anthony K, Goli, Karthik, Goss, John A, Kanwal, Fasiha, Rana, Abbas, Kowdley, Kris V, Jalal, Prasun, George Cholankeril
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Hemochromatosis - etiology; Hemochromatosis - surgery; Humans; Liver Diseases - etiology; Liver Diseases - surgery; Liver Transplantation - adverse effects; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; United States - epidemiology; United States

There have been conflicting data regarding liver transplantation (LT) outcomes for hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), with no recent data on LT outcomes in patients with HH in the past decade. Using the United Network for Organ Sharing registry, we evaluated waitlist and post-LT survival in all adult...