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Re: MELD Scores - LDLT

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> ... if you're doing LDLT, does it matter what your score is, as long

as you're listed?

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Not really, although your medical team will take MELD/PELD into

account as they evaluate when to do the transplant. In general studies

have shown a lower 1 year survival rate for those with MELD less than

10 who get a transplant than for those who wait. So UNOS rule have set

the lower limit for being in the first group considered for a

cadaveric liver at a MELD of 15. If no one in the nation with a MELD

of 15+ wants a liver then those below 15 are offered the opportunity

to accept it. For a LDLT the team can take individual circumstances

into account and transplant any time.

Tim R

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