Ex-vivo normothermic liver perfusion: An update

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Vogel, Thomas ^a   Brockmann, Jens G ^a   Friend, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended criteria donors; Liver transplantation; Machine perfusion; Normothermic; Organ preservation

Indexed keywords

COLD ISCHEMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER MACHINE PERFUSION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PERFUSION; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD ISCHEMIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERFUSION; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; WARM ISCHEMIA;

EID: 77952269401     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e328337349d     Document Type: Review

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