Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver
-
Malnutrition is frequently present in case of end-stage liver diseases, and in cirrhotic patients, a poor nutritional status is considered to be one of the predictive factors for increased morbidity and mortality rates after surgery. The impact of the recipients' malnutrition on the outcome of liver transplantation (LT) is still under debate and recent studies have shown controversial results. ⋯ The present data suggest that recipients' malnutrition should be taken into account as a factor that increases complications and costs after LT.