Long-term outcomes after normothermic machine perfusion in liver transplantation-Experience at a single North American center

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Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has emerged as a valuable tool in the preservation of liver allografts before transplantation. Randomized trials have shown that replacing static cold storage (SCS) with NMP reduces allograft injury and improves graft utilization. The University of Alberta's liver transplant program was one of the early adopters of NMP in North America. Herein, we describe our 7-year experience applying NMP to extend preservation time in liver transplantation using a "back-to-base" approach. From 2015 to 2021, 79 livers were transplanted following NMP, compared with 386 after SCS only. NMP livers were preserved for a median time of minutes compared with minutes in the SCS cohort (P < .0001). Despite this, we observed significantly improved 30-day graft survival (P = .030), although there were no differences in long-term patient survival, major complications, or biliary or vascular complications. We also found that although SCS time was strongly associated with increased graft failure at 1 year in the SCS cohort (P = .006), there was no such association among NMP livers (P = .171). Our experience suggests that NMP can safely extend the total preservation time of liver allografts without increasing complications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 23(2023), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 976-986

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hefler, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Leon-Izquierdo, Dayne [VerfasserIn]
Marfil-Garza, Braulio A [VerfasserIn]
Meeberg, Glenda [VerfasserIn]
Verhoeff, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Blaire [VerfasserIn]
Dajani, Khaled [VerfasserIn]
Bigam, David L [VerfasserIn]
Shapiro, A M James [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Graft survival
Journal Article
Liver transplantation
Normothermic machine perfusion
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.07.2023

Date Revised 13.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355906775