COVID-19 in the Early Postoperative Period of Liver Transplantation: Is the Outcome Really So Positive?

We read with interest Massoumi et al.'s article(1) regarding 5 patients who developed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the early postoperative period of liver transplantation (LT). None of them exhibited severe disease and they all fully recovered, suggesting that COVID-19 in the early postoperative period of LT might not be associated with unfavorable outcomes. Here, we share our experience with 7 cases, which was not so promising.