Long-term normothermic machine preservation of partial livers: first experience with 21 human hemi-livers

M Mueller, M Hefti, D Eshmuminov, MJ Schuler… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to maintain long-term full function and viability of partial
livers perfused ex situ for sufficient duration to enable ex situ treatment, repair, and …

Bile formation in long-term ex situ perfused livers

D Eshmuminov, MJ Schuler, D Becker, LB Borrego… - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Long-term ex situ liver perfusion may rescue injured grafts. Little is known about
bile flow during long-term perfusion. We report the development of a bile stimulation protocol …

Automated Insulin Delivery - Continuous Blood Glucose Control During Ex Situ Liver Perfusion

D Becker, D Eshmuminov, R Keller… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: With the growing demand for livers in the field of transplantation, interest in
normothermic ex situ machine perfusion (NMP) has increased in recent years. This may …

Sources and prevention of graft infection during long‐term ex situ liver perfusion

D Eshmuminov, M Mueller, SD Brugger… - Transplant Infectious …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The use of normothermic liver machine perfusion to repair injured grafts ex situ
is an emerging topic of clinical importance. However, a major concern is the possibility of …

Observations and findings during the development of a subnormothermic/normothermic long‐term ex vivo liver perfusion machine

MJ Schuler, D Becker, M Mueller… - Artificial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ex situliver machine perfusion at subnormothermic/normothermic temperature
isincreasingly applied in the field of transplantation to store and evaluateorgans on the …

Virtual lobule models are the key for multiscale biomechanical and pharmacological modeling for the liver

H Ho, E Zhang - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The liver has a unique dual blood-supply system of hepatic arterial (HA) and portal venous
(PV) vasculatures, which are drained by a hepatic venous (HV) tree (Figure 1A). The blood …

Synthesis of coagulation factors during long‐term ex situ liver perfusion

D Eshmuminov, M Hefti, M Mueller, MJ Schuler… - Artificial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Robust viability assessment of grafts during normothermic liver perfusion is a prerequisite for
organ use. Coagulation parameters are used commonly for liver assessment in patients …

Hyperoxia in portal vein causes enhanced vasoconstriction in arterial vascular bed

D Eshmuminov, D Becker, ML Hefti, M Mueller… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Long-term perfusion of liver grafts outside of the body may enable repair of poor-quality
livers that are currently declined for transplantation, mitigating the global shortage of donor …

Adaptive simulation of 3D thermometry maps for interventional MR-guided tumor ablation using Pennes' bioheat equation and isotherms

J Alpers, M Rötzer, M Gutberlet, F Wacker, B Hensen… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Minimally-invasive thermal ablation procedures have become clinically accepted treatment
options for tumors and metastases. Continuous and reliable monitoring of volumetric heat …

Left renal vein graft and in situ hepatic perfusion in hepatectomy for complete tumor invasion of hepatic veins: hemodynamic optimization and surgical technique

V Lopez-Lopez, J Garcia-Lopez, D Eshmuminov… - … Archives of Surgery, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Assessing hepatic vein reconstruction using a left renal vein graft and in situ
hypothermic liver perfusion in an extended liver resection. Methods Patients included in this …