TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation for Adult Recipients A1 - Nair, Vinay A1 - Delrosario, Jussle Lawrence A1 - Madireddy, Varun A1 - Abate, Mersema A1 - Nair, Gayatri A1 - Bhaskaran, Madhu A1 - Foster, Clarence E A1 - Satapathy, Sanjaya K A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo PY - 2023 T2 - Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e AB - Margreiter and colleagues performed the first simultaneous liver–kidney transplant (SLK) in 1983.1 The number of SLK transplants has increased over 300% since the establishment of the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scoring system. The MELD scoring system was instituted in 2002.2 SLK transplants have increased from 1.7% of all liver transplants in the United States in 1990 to 9.9%% in 2016.3–5 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194180896 ER -