Estimating the ideal pretransplant waiting time for living donor liver transplantation in acute-on-chronic liver failure: a retrospective study

Key Points

• A pretransplant waiting period of 5 days is linked to increased mortality rates.
• Postoperative gastrointestinal bleeding is an independent predictor of mortality outcomes.
• Analysis focused on patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure for living donor liver transplantation.
• Further studies are necessary to validate these significant findings regarding waiting times.

Abstract