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Retrieval of organs for transplantation: experience of the Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit
Author(s) -
Thompson John F,
Liew Steven C C,
Chui Albert K K,
Kyd Graham A,
Dolan Paul M,
Shun Albert,
Sheil A G Ross
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb125022.x
Subject(s) - organ procurement , transplantation , medicine , liver transplantation , metropolitan area , unit (ring theory) , procurement , organ transplantation , surgery , business , pathology , psychology , mathematics education , marketing
The Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit carried out 251 multiple organ‐retrieval procedures between January 1986 and December 1994:53% were in the Sydney metropolitan area, 22% in country New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 21% interstate and 4% in New Zealand; mean total procurement times were, respectively, 4 hours 57 minutes, 6 hours 58 minutes, 9 hours 20 minutes and 12 hours 20 minutes. Donor operation times steadily decreased over the nine years. One‐year patient and graft survival rates were 77.1 % and 70.3%,respectively; primary non‐function occurred in only one case. The importance of coordination of donor organ procurement and efficient organ retrieval to the success of transplantation programs is discussed.