Milan criteria
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Indications
- criteria used to assess suitability in patients with cirrhosis & hepatocellular carcinoma for liver transplantation[2]
Clinical significance
- patients who met Milan criteria have good 5 year survival after liver transplantation[1]
- patients who meet Milan criteria & have a tumor >= 2 cm are eligible for MELD score exception points, placing them at higher priority for liver transplantation[1]
Procedure
- single tumor with diameter <= 5 cm, or up to 3 tumors each with diameter <= 3 cm
- no extra-hepatic involvement
- no major vessel involvement