The success of solid organ transplantation has brought about burgeoning waiting lists with
insufficient donation rates and substantial waiting list mortality. All countries have strived to …

Abstract Purpose of Review The transplant community continues to look for ways to help
address the discordance between donor liver graft availability and patients on the liver …

Background: Exposure of donor liver grafts to prolonged periods of warm ischemia before
procurement causes injuries including intrahepatic cholangiopathy, which may lead to graft …

This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care
Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ …

Objective: This study evaluates the long-term outcomes, biliary complication rates, and risk
factors for biliary complications after liver transplantation from “donation after cardiac …

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) champions efforts to increase organ
donation. Controlled donation after cardiac death (DCD) offers the family and the patient …

Objective: To assess the incidence and impact of biliary complications in recipients
transplanted from donors after cardiac death (DCD) at one single large institution …

Ischemic-type biliary stricture (ITBS) occurs in up to 50% after liver transplantation (LT) from
donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors. Thrombus formation in the peribiliary …

Background. As the number of donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants (LTs)
performed in the United States continues to increase annually, there has been interest by …

Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) is the most frequent vascular complication following
orthotopic liver transplantation. Urgent retransplantation has been considered as the …