Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	88798
Country	Croatia

Received	2023-10-09 17:56
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Category	Transplantation
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Influence of donor age on liver transplantation outcomes: A multivariate analysis and comparative study
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Miran Bezjak, Ivan Stresec, Branislav Kocman, Stipislav Jadrijević, Tajana Filipec Kanizaj, Miro Antonijević, Bojana Dalbelo Bašić and Danko Mikulić
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Miran Bezjak http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-1162 Ivan Stresec http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-4192 Branislav Kocman http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1497-6031 Stipislav Jadrijević http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-0665 Tajana Filipec Kanizaj http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9828-8916 Miro Antonijević http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9689-1378 Bojana Dalbelo Bašić http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6028-133X Danko Mikulić http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8103-6045
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number the European Regional Development Fund (DATACROSS) KK.01.1.1.01.0009
Corresponding Author	Danko Mikulić, FEBS, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Merkur, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Merkur, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; <email>mikulicdanko@gmail.com</email>, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. mikulicdanko@gmail.com
Key Words	Liver transplantation; Elderly donors; Survival analysis; Postoperative complications; Cox proportional hazard models
Core Tip	Liver transplantation (LT) using elderly donor livers is traditionally expected to yield inferior results compared to transplantation using young donor grafts. We assessed the impact of donor age on LT outcomes through multivariate analysis and by comparing young and elderly donor groups. Results from our center show that donor age does not significantly affect patient survival. When adjusting for additional risk factors, elderly livers perform similarly to their younger counterparts. These findings challenge the conventional belief that older donor organs result in inferior outcomes, providing valuable insights for expanding the donor pool for liver transplants.
Publish Date	2024-02-25 15:12
Citation	Bezjak M, Stresec I, Kocman B, Jadrijević S, Filipec Kanizaj T, Antonijević M, Dalbelo Bašić B, Mikulić D. Influence of donor age on liver transplantation outcomes: A multivariate analysis and comparative study. World J Gastrointest Surg 2024; 16(2): 331-344
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v16/i2/331.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v16.i2.331

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