Because of the shortage of organ supplies, more transplant programs have begun to use
marginal grafts in liver transplantation. A number of single‐center experiences with marginal …

The use of marginal liver grafts has become an inevitable option because of the continuous
increase in the number of patients awaiting liver transplantation and the severe shortage of …

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 …

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 growing numbers of potential transplant recipients on waiting lists is increasingly
disproportionate to the supply of cadaveric donor organs. The hope for the next 20 years is …

Liver transplantation as a therapeutic method for the treatment of end-stage liver disease is
beclouded by a scarcity of organs. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the …

One of the most important factors in the increasing number of liver transplantations
performed in the United States is the growing acceptance of marginal grafts, which are …

Background The demand for transplantable organs exceeds donor organ supply.
Transplantation of organs from donors with a history of malignancy remains controversial …

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 rapid growth of liver transplantation activity has been curtailed by the lack of organ
donors and has led to an expansion in the number of patients on the waiting list. This …