Retransplantation for graft failure in chronic hepatitis C infection: A good use of a scarce resource?

Figure 1 Graft survival is reduced in patients undergoing liver retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C virus related disease. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were generated for A: Graft survival after second liver transplant in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients; B: Transplant survival after second liver transplant in HCV-infected patients. Graft or transplant survival is indicated for those retransplanted for recurrent HCV-related liver disease (dotted line) and for those retransplanted for reasons other than HCV-related liver disease.