Is it safer to perform surgery before or after liver transplantation? A case-match study for colorectal and small-bowel surgery.

Langenbecks Arch Surg · 2025 · PMC12476395 · PMID 41014341

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It is worth noting that while elective surgery showed a trend towards worse outcomes in cirrhotic patients, this did not reach statistical significance.

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