Liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors: current status and future prospects.

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Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for many patients with acute and chronic liver failure, but its application is limited by a shortage of donor organs. Donor organ shortage is the principal cause of increasing waiting lists, and a number of patients die while awaiting transplantation. Non-heart-beating donor (NHBD) livers are a potential means of expanding the donor pool. This is not a new concept. Prior to the recognition of brainstem death, organs were retrieved from deceased...

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Authors: Reddy, S; Zilvetti, M; Brockmann, J; McLaren, A; Friend, P

• Journal: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1223-1232
• Publication date: 2004-10-01
• DOI: 10.1002/lt.20268
• EISSN: 1527-6473
• ISSN: 1527-6465
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cadaver; Tissue Donors; Liver Failure; Liver Failure, Acute; Clinical Trials as Topic; Humans; Tissue and Organ Procurement; Liver Transplantation