The nonstandard liver, a hidden resource that cannot be overlooked: implications for the identification of the best recipient.

Alfonso Wolfango Avolio, Salvatore Agnes, Erida Nure, Antonio Gasbarrini, Massimo Siciliano, Maurizio Pompili, Marco Castagneto

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Abstract

We described the characteristics of livers already labeled as marginal, nonstandard, or selected with extended criteria: donors of elderly age, steatosis, hemodynamic instability, long cold ischemia time, high serum Na, HbcAb-positive status, HCVAb-positive status. Recipients characteristics (gender, UNOS status, MELD score, indication for transplan- tation) and their best possible match to nonstandard donors were evaluated with a report of the recent guidelines and the specific algorithms to optimize recipient identification.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1055-1058
Number of pages4
JournalTransplantation Proceedings
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Keywords

  • DONOR
  • DONOR-RECIPIENT MATCH
  • Liver transplantation
  • OUTCOME
  • RECIPIENT

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