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Key Points Question Can oxygenated portable normothermic perfusion of deceased donor livers for transplant improve outcomes compared with the current standard of care using ischemic cold storage? Findings In this… Click to show full abstract
Key Points Question Can oxygenated portable normothermic perfusion of deceased donor livers for transplant improve outcomes compared with the current standard of care using ischemic cold storage? Findings In this multicenter randomized clinical trial of 300 recipients of liver transplants with the donor liver preserved by either normothermic perfusion or conventional ischemic cold storage, normothermic machine perfusion resulted in decreased early liver graft injury and ischemic biliary complications and greater organ utilization. Meaning In this study, portable normothermic oxygenated machine perfusion of donor liver grafts resulted in improved outcomes after liver transplant and in more livers being transplanted.
Journal Title: JAMA Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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