Prerecovery liver biopsy in the brain‐dead donor: A case‐control study of logistics, safety, precision, and utility
Joseph Benton Oliver, Stephen Peters, Advaith Bongu, Abdel‐Kareem Beidas, George Dikdan, Lloyd Brown, Baburao Koneru – 31 October 2013 – Prerecovery liver biopsy (PLB) can potentially to decrease futile recovery and increase utilization of marginal brain‐dead donor (BDD) livers. A case‐control study was conducted to examine the logistics, safety, histological precision, and liver utilization associated with PLB in BDDs. Twenty‐three cases between January 2008 and January 2013 were compared to 2 groups: 48 sequential and 69 clinically matched controls.