Open AccessGraft Reconditioning before Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Dieter P. Hoyer,
Thomas Minor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000446378
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , liver transplantation , surgery , general surgery
The high demand for livers for transplantation has led to organs of limited quality being accepted to expand the donor pool. This is associated with inferior outcomes due to more pronounced preservation injury. Accordingly, recent research has aimed to develop preservation modalities for improved preservation as well as strategies for liver viability assessment and liver reconditioning.