The shortage of organs has led centers to expand their criteria for the acceptance of
marginal donors. The combination of multiple marginal factors seems to be additive on graft …

The use of marginal donors has become very common in many liver transplantation units
due to the increase in the number of possible recipients. Experience has shown that …

The current supply of acceptable donor livers is not sufficient to meet the demands of listed
patients awaiting transplantation resulting in thousands of deaths each year. Increased …

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of accumulation of marginal liver graft criteria on
the immediate outcome of liver transplantation (LT). The last 325 consecutive LT performed …

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to assess the accumulated effects of marginal donor
quality factors on liver preservation injury (LPI). Methods. The most recent 400 consecutive …

The ideal deceased donor liver, a whole liver from a brain dead donor less than 40 years of
age who died of trauma, is well defined. The standard graft and the expanded liver graft are …

Extended-criteria donors (ECDs) have an impact on early allograft dysfunction (EAD), biliary
complications, relapse of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and survivals. Early allograft dysfunction …

Extended-donor criteria liver allografts do not meet traditional criteria for transplantation.
Although these organs offer immediate expansion of the donor pool, transplantation of …

The number of patients awaiting liver transplantation keeps steadily rising with no
corresponding rise in suitable grafts for transplantation. There also is an increasing trend of …

With ever-increasing demand for liver replacement, supply of organs is the limiting factor
and a significant number of patients die while waiting. Live donor liver transplantation has …