Chase J Wehrle, Mingyi Zhang, Mazhar Khalil, Alejandro Pita, Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, Teresa Diago-Uso, Jaekeun Kim, Federico Aucejo, David Ch Kwon, Khaled Ali, Beatrice Cazzaniga, Yuki Miyazaki, Qiang Liu, Sami Fares, Hanna Hong, Munkhbold Tuul, Chunbao Jiao, Keyue Sun, Robert L Fairchild, Cristiano Quintini, Masato Fujiki, Antonio D Pinna, Charles Miller, Koji Hashimoto, Andrea Schlegel
OBJECTIVE: Assess cost and complication outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) using normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: End-ischemic NMP is often used to aid logistics, yet its' impact on outcomes after LT remains unclear, as does its' true impact on costs associated with transplantation. METHODS: Deceased donor liver recipients at two centers (1/1/2019-6/30/2023) were included. Retransplants, splits and combined grafts were excluded...
April 1, 2024: Annals of Surgery