Open AccessFavorable Outcomes After Liver Transplantation With Normothermic Regional Perfusion From Donors After Circulatory Death: A Single-center Experience
Author(s) -
P. Ruíz,
Mikel Gastaca,
Francisco Javier Bustamante,
A. Ventoso,
I. Palomares,
Mikel Prieto,
José R. Fernández,
Pablo Salvador,
José Ignacio Pijoán,
Andrés Valdivieso
Publication year - 2019
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/tp.0000000000002391
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , liver transplantation , perfusion , surgery , incidence (geometry) , transplantation , physics , optics
Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has been associated with a high incidence of ischemic cholangiopathy and other perioperative complications. In an attempt to avoid these complications, we implemented an active protocol of cDCD liver transplant (LT) with normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) preservation.