Expanding the Donor Pool With Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion: The Future Is Now. Issue 11 (16th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barbas, A. S.; Knechtle, S. J.
• Is Part Of: American journal of transplantation. Volume 16:Issue 11(2016:Nov.)
• Page Start: 3075
• Page End: 3076
• Publication Date: 2016-08-16
• Subjects: clinical research/practice -- editorial/personal viewpoint -- liver transplantation/hepatology -- organ procurement and allocation -- donors and donation: extended criteria -- liver allograft function/dysfunction; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Periodicals; 617.95
• DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13959
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1600-6135

Abstract

Abstract : By reducing the preservation injury incurred by cold storage and facilitating a period of organ evaluation, normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion may provide an avenue for increasing the utilization of donation after cardiac death steatotic and advanced age livers for transplantation. See the brief communication from Mergental et al onpage 3235 .