Open AccessLiver Allografts From Older Donors With or Without Recovery of Thoracic Organs and Their Impact on Hepatic Graft and Patient Survival
Author(s) -
Ricci Kalayanamitra,
Ashton J. Brooks,
Sushrut Trakroo,
Zakiyah Kadry,
Ashokkumar Jain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
experimental and clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 29
ISSN - 1304-0855
DOI - 10.6002/ect.2020.0246
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , diabetes mellitus , group b , liver transplantation , survival rate , gastroenterology , transplantation , endocrinology
Multiorgan procurement involving thoracic organs prolongs the liver recovery cross-clamp time. This may impact the outcome of hepatic allograft, more so in older donors (age > 60 years). We compared the outcomes of liver allografts from older donors with and without recovery of thoracic organs.
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