The super-rapid technique in Maastricht category III donors: Has it developed enough for marginal liver grafts from donors after cardiac death?

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-136

  Perera, M Thamara P R ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donation after cardiac death; organ procurement; warm ischaemia time

Indexed keywords

AORTA CLAMPING; DONOR WARM ISCHEMIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DEATH; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN CIRCULATION; ORGAN DONOR; PERFUSION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DEATH; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARM ISCHEMIA;

EID: 84858792743     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3283510817     Document Type: Review

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