Background Organ transplantation is hampered by shortage of suitable organs. In countries
with a legal framework, organ donation following euthanasia is an option labeled “donation …

AIMS OF THE STUDY: Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD) was reintroduced in
Switzerland in 2011 and accounts for a third of deceased organ donors today. Controversy …

Despite the benefits of abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP) for abdominal
grafts in controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD), there is limited information on …

Different strategies have been advocated to overcome the shortage of organs for
transplantation. In addition to accepting extended criteria organs from donation after brain …

Lung transplantation (LTx) represents a life-saving therapy for patients with end-stage lung
disease. Since the first successful LTx, 50 years ago, 1 the number of patients listed for …

Background Despite the critical need for donor lungs, logistic and geographic barriers
hinder lung utilization. We hypothesized that lungs donated after circulatory death subjected …

DCD donation has regained much attention during the last decade and is now part of
standard clinical practice albeit this type of donation should not be regarded as an equally …

Although lung transplantation has become a life-saving option for patients with end-stage
lung disease, this intervention is hampered by a shortage of lungs in view of the growing …

The future of deceased donation must include DCD and ex-vivo organ repair if the organ
shortage is to be reconciled even partially to the ongoing demand. Although the religious …

OBJECTIVES Due to organ shortage in lung transplantation (LTx), donation after circulatory
death (DCD) has been implemented in several countries, contributing to an increasing …