Using old liver grafts for liver transplantation: Where are the limits?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 10691-10702

  Jiménez Romero, Carlos ^a   Caso Maestro, Oscar ^a   Cambra Molero, Félix ^a   Justo Alonso, Iago ^a   Alegre Torrado, Cristina ^a   Manrique Municio, Alejandro ^a   Calvo Pulido, Jorge ^a   Loinaz Segurola, Carmelo ^a   Moreno González, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging liver; Donor management; Liver disease; Liver graft; Liver transplantation; Octogenarian donors; Old liver donors; Septuagenarian donors

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; COLD ISCHEMIA; FATTY LIVER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN DONOR; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84909606816     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i31.10691     Document Type: Review

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