A survey of transplant providers regarding attitudes, barriers, and facilitators to living donor liver transplantation in the United States
Liapakis A, Agbim U, Bittermann T, Dew M, Deng Y, Gan G, Emre S, Hunt H, Olthoff K, Locke J, Jesse M, Kumar V, Pillai A, Verna E, Lentine K, Group T. A survey of transplant providers regarding attitudes, barriers, and facilitators to living donor liver transplantation in the United States. Clinical Transplantation 2023, 37: e14967. PMID: 36938716, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor liver transplantDonor liver transplantationLiver transplant centersGood first optionLDLT centersLiver transplantLiver transplantationWaitlist candidatesTransplant centersDonor factorsLDLTTransplant providersConsensus conferenceSurgical expertiseElectronic surveyAmerican SocietyImportant barriersFirst optionExclusion rateKey barriersHigh levelsTransplantationTransplantFacilitatorsCenter