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1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
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| Category |
Transplantation |
| Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Study |
| Article Title |
Octogenarian liver grafts: Is their use for transplant currently justified?
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| Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Carlos Jimenez-Romero, Felix Cambra, Oscar Caso, Alejandro Manrique, Jorge Calvo, Alejandro Marcacuzco, Paula Rioja, David Lora and Iago Justo |
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| Corresponding Author |
Carlos Jiménez-Romero, MD, PhD, FACS, Head of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation Unit, University Hospital “Doce de Octubre”, 4ª Planta, Ctra Andalucía Km 5, 4, 28041 Madrid, Spain. carlos.jimenez@inforboe.es |
| Key Words |
Older liver; Donor age; Marginal liver; Liver transplant; Aging liver |
| Core Tip |
An important solution for increasing the donor pool is the use of octogenarian livers after careful selection. We present a comparative study between a group of 102 recipients of donors ≤ 65 years, and 51 recipients of donors ≥ 80 years. One, 3 and 5-year overall patient survival was 87.3%, 84% and 75.2%, respectively, in recipients of younger grafts vs 88.2%, 84.1% and 66.4%, respectively, in recipients of octogenarian grafts (P = 0.748). One, 3 and 5-year overall graft survival was 84.3%, 83.1% and 74.2%, respectively, in recipients of younger grafts vs 84.3%, 79.4% and 64.2%, respectively, in recipients of octogenarian grafts (P = 0.524). With good selection octogenarian livers can be safely used. |
| Publish Date |
2017-05-06 20:30 |
| Citation |
Jiménez-Romero C, Cambra F, Caso O, Manrique A, Calvo J, Marcacuzco A, Rioja P, Lora D, Justo I. Octogenarian liver grafts: Is their use for transplant currently justified? World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(17): 3099-3110 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i17/3099.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i17.3099 |
