Open AccessDifferential Influence of Donor Age Depending on the Indication for Liver Transplantation—A Collaborative Transplant Study Report
Author(s) -
Philipp Houben,
Bernd Döhler,
Karl Heinz Weiss,
Markus Mieth,
Arianeb Mehrabi,
Caner Süsal
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000002970
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , hazard ratio , transplantation , liver transplantation , living donor liver transplantation , alcoholic liver disease , gastroenterology , surgery , confidence interval
Despite steadily increasing donor age, there are no general guidelines for the use of organs from elderly donors in liver transplantation. This study focuses on identifying the recipients who are less affected from an old-donor organ graft and conversely in whom a rather unfavorable outcome is expected because of high donor age.