Liver transplantation was made a reality through the bravery, innovation, and persistence of
Dr. Thomas Starzl. His death in 2017, at the age of 90, makes us pause to consider how far …

Abstract The American Society of Transplant Surgeons supports efforts to increase the
number of organs that are critically needed for patients desperately awaiting transplantation …

Background & Aims Although there is increasing interest in its use, definitive evidence
demonstrating a benefit for postmortem normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in controlled …

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: Despite continuous progress in the field of liver transplantation, considerable
proportion of patients still suffer from the postoperative graft dysfunction. Clinically, it …

Background. Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has been associated with a
high incidence of ischemic cholangiopathy and other perioperative complications. In an …

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 …

Use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) donor livers for transplantation has remained
cautious in the United States. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the expansion of a …

Liver transplantation (LT) is the treatment of choice for liver failure and selected cases of
malignancies. Transplantation activity has increased over the years, and indications for LT …

The use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver allografts has been constrained by
limitations in the duration of donor warm ischemia time (DWIT), donor agonal time (DAT) …