Understanding the Final Disposition of Livers Declined After the Start of Procurement: A Nationwide Organ Procurement Organization Effort
Nikole A. Neidlinger, Christopher Brown, Patrick Wood, Jeff Traseger, Dan Lebovitz, Roxane Cauwels, Shareef Syed, Justin R. Parekh, Garrett R. Roll – 17 May 2020 – Declining a liver offer during organ procurement likely increases the risk of discard, but the specifics around late reallocation remain obscure. This voluntarily submitted, prospectively collected data describe late declines and the ultimate disposition of 893 livers. Once a liver suffered an intraoperative decline, only 49% of recovered livers were transplanted.