Liver Transplantation from Voluntary Organ Donor System in China : A Comparison between DBD and DCD Liver Transplants

BACKGROUND: In China, the cases of liver transplantation (LT) from donation after citizens' death have rose year by year since the citizen-based voluntary organ donor system was initiated in 2010. The objective of our research was to investigate the early postoperative and late long-term outcomes of LT from donation after brain death (DBD) and donation after circulatory death (DCD) according to the current organ donation system in China.

METHODS: Sixty-two consecutive cases of LT from donation after citizens' death performed in our hospital between February 2012 and June 2017 were examined retrospectively for short- and long-term outcomes. These included 35 DCD LT and 27 DBD LT.

RESULT: Subsequent median follow-up time of 19 months and 1- and 3-year graft survival rates were comparative between the DBD group and the DCD group (81.5% and 66.7% versus 67.1% and 59.7%; P = 0.550), as were patient survival rates (85.2% and 68.7% versus 72.2% and 63.9%; P = 0.358). The duration of ICU stay of recipients was significantly shorter in the DBD group, in comparison with that of the DCD group (1 versus 3 days, P = 0.001). Severe complication incidence (≥grade III) after transplantation was identical among the DBD and DCD groups (48.1% versus 60%, P = 0.352). There was no significant difference in postoperative mortality between the DBD and DCD groups (3 of 27 cases versus 5 of 35 cases). Twenty-one grafts (33.8%) were lost and 18 recipients (29.0%) were dead till the time of follow-up. Malignancy recurrence was the most prevalent reason for patient death (38.8%). There was no significant difference in incidence of biliary stenosis between the DBD and DCD groups (5 of 27 cases versus 6 of 35 cases, P = 0.846).

CONCLUSION: Although the sample size was small to some extent, this single-center study first reported that LT from DCD donors showed similar short- and long-term outcomes with DBD donors and justified the widespread implementation of voluntary citizen-based deceased organ donation in China. However, the results should be verified with a multicenter larger study.

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2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2019

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Gastroenterology research and practice - 2019(2019) vom: 01., Seite 5736702

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Englisch

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Chen, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Dipesh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Xueli [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Jianying [VerfasserIn]
Que, Risheng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Shunliang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guogang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ji [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Bingfeng [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Tingbo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 08.04.2022

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10.1155/2019/5736702

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NLM298085380