Value of the preoperative Model for End-stage Liver Disease score in predicting postoperative outcome in living donor liver transplantation recipients

Partial liver grafting predisposes recipients to a unique set of potential technical and anatomic complications that are not prevalent in whole deceased donor grafts. We aimed to assess the preoperative Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, postoperative 30-day clinical and laboratory follow-up, and detection of the value of MELD score in predicting 30-day postoperative outcome of LDLT recipients.