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Liver transplantation has found its place as an accepted therapy in end-stage liver disease. It is no longer considered an experimental procedure [6, 9, 10–12]. However, the chance of immediate and long-term survival is still far from ideal. Low-risk and high-risk (elective and non-elective) patients are offered to the transplant surgeon, and it is well known that the best results are achieved in the elective or low-risk patients [9, 11, 12] (Fig.l). Therefore surgeons urge the internist to send patients earlier. The internist, however, tends to keep the patient on conservative regimes as long as possible before he makes such a far-reaching decision. This often results in a situation where the patient becomes an extremely high operative risk.
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Brunner, G., Lauchart, W., Ringe, B., Freyberger, H., Pichlmayr, R. (1987). Preoperative Care of Adult Patients Chosen for Liver Transplantation. In: Okolicsányi, L., Csomós, G., Crepaldi, G. (eds) Assessment and Management of Hepatobiliary Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72631-6_27
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