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Viability testing of discarded livers with normothermic machine perfusion: Alleviating the organ shortage outweighs the cost

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Over 700 donor livers are discarded annually in the United States due to high risk of poor graft function. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of… Click to show full abstract

Over 700 donor livers are discarded annually in the United States due to high risk of poor graft function. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of using normothermic machine perfusion to identify transplantable livers among those currently discarded.

Keywords: machine perfusion; viability testing; testing discarded; normothermic machine

Journal Title: Clinical Transplantation
Year Published: 2020

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