Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception guidelines: results and recommendations from the MELD Exception Study Group and Conference (MESSAGE) for the approval of patients who need liver transplantation with diseases not considered by the standard MELD formula

MeSH terms

• Ascites / surgery
• Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
• Cystic Fibrosis / surgery
• Hepatic Encephalopathy / surgery
• Humans
• Hyperoxaluria, Primary / surgery
• Liver Failure / surgery*
• Liver Neoplasms / surgery
• Liver Transplantation*
• Models, Biological
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Severity of Illness Index
• Tissue and Organ Procurement