Liver transplant outcomes using ideal donation after circulatory death livers are superior to using older donation after brain death donor livers

Joseph R. Scalea, Robert R. Redfield, David P. Foley – 17 June 2016 – Multiple reports have demonstrated that liver transplantation following donation after circulatory death (DCD) is associated with poorer outcomes when compared with liver transplantation from donation after brain death (DBD) donors. We hypothesized that carefully selected, underutilized DCD livers recovered from younger donors have excellent outcomes.

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