Open AccessA simple scoring system to evaluate the effects of cold ischemia on marginal liver donors1
Author(s) -
Koray Tekin,
Charles Imber,
Mesut Atlı,
Bridget K. Gunson,
Simon R. Bramhall,
David Mayer,
J. A. C. Buckels,
P McMaster,
Darius Mirza
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000110318.70879.20
Subject(s) - medicine , multivariate analysis , ischemia , liver transplantation , steatosis , cold ischemia , surgery , transplantation , univariate analysis , multivariate statistics , reperfusion injury , statistics , mathematics
Exactly what constitutes a marginal donor remains ill defined. The authors set out to create a scoring system that objectively classifies a donor as marginal or nonmarginal and to define what the maximum acceptable preservation period is for the marginal liver to minimize early graft dysfunction.