Upfront Normothermic Machine Perfusion for a Liver Graft with Severe Macrovesicular Steatosis: A Proof-of-Concept Case

Upfront Normothermic Machine Perfusion for a Liver Graft with Severe Macrovesicular Steatosis: A Proof-of-Concept Case

Graft steatosis has been associated with inferior outcomes after liver transplantation. Given the rising prevalence of obesity and fatty liver disease, strategies allowing safe and successful utilization of fatty liver grafts are needed. Liver preservation by normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) all...

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Main Authors: Damiano Patrono, Ana Lavinia Apostu, Giorgia Rizza, Davide Cussa, Antonella Barreca, Selene Limoncelli, Stefano Mirabella, Renato Romagnoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Transplantology
Subjects:
liver transplantation
macrovesicular steatosis
large droplet fat
normothermic machine perfusion
normothermic machine preservation
ischemia-free liver transplantation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/4/3/15

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