Systematic Assessment of Safety Threshold for Donor Age in Cadaveric Liver Transplantation

Systematic Assessment of Safety Threshold for Donor Age in Cadaveric Liver Transplantation

Background: Donor age affects allograft quality and the prognosis of recipients after liver transplantation (LT). Clinicians have assessed the quality of grafts from older donors based on their appearance and texture, with no reliable quantitative evidence. Our study aimed to assess the quantitative...

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Main Authors: Wenchao Wang, Zhengtao Liu, Junjie Qian, Jun Xu, Shuping Que, Li Zhuang, Lei Geng, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
liver transplantation
donor age
mortality
outcomes
dose-response analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.596552/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.596552/full

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