학술논문
Transplantation of discarded livers following viability testing with normothermic machine perfusion
Document Type
article
Author
Hynek Mergental; Richard W. Laing; Amanda J. Kirkham; M. Thamara P. R. Perera; Yuri L. Boteon; Joseph Attard; Darren Barton; Stuart Curbishley; Manpreet Wilkhu; Desley A. H. Neil; Stefan G. Hübscher; Paolo Muiesan; John R. Isaac; Keith J. Roberts; Manuel Abradelo; Andrea Schlegel; James Ferguson; Hentie Cilliers; Julian Bion; David H. Adams; Chris Morris; Peter J. Friend; Christina Yap; Simon C. Afford; Darius F. Mirza
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
The shortage of viable donated livers limits patient access to liver transplantation. Here the authors report the use of normothermic machine perfusion to help identify viable organs from livers discarded based on current clinical criteria, which are then transplanted to recipients in a single-arm clinical trial.