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A long-awaited review of live-donor liver transplants at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is expected to show recipients experience a potentially serious complication -- either bile duct leakage or blockage -- more often than the national average, the center's interim chief of transplantation told the Tribune-Review.
The review likely will show that 40 percent to 50 percent of recipients experience the problem, which can require a second surgery, said Dr. Wallis Marsh, UPMC's interim chief of transplantation. That's higher than the national average of 32 percent reported last month in the American Journal of Transplantation.See the full content of this document
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Review Casts Pall On Upmc's Live-Donor Liver Transplants
"I can't say it alarms me because I think that's what it is," Marsh said. "The only thing is, I just want to make sure the recipients know what it is."
The findings have not been submitted for publication, but Marsh said he hopes that can happen by year's end. Info...See the full content of this document
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