CONTROLLED NON-HEART-BEATING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

2000117 citationsJournal Article

Authors

David J. Reich · Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Santiago J. Muñoz · Yeshiva University

Kenneth D. Rothstein · Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Howard M. Nathan · Gift of Life Michigan

John M. Edwards · Gift of Life Michigan

Richard Hasz · Gift of Life Michigan

Cosme Manzarbeitia

Abstract

NHBDs significantly and safely expanded our donor pool. NHBD surgeons must be capable of rapid procurement. Cautious liberalization of criteria for accepting livers from NHBDs with confounding risk factors is justified. Refined ethics guidelines would broaden approval of NHBDs.

Topics & Keywords

Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Organ Donation and Transplantation Liver Disease and Transplantation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Transplantation

Volume 70, Issue 8, pp. 1159-1166

DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200010270-00006

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