Comparison of the short-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients receiving liver grafts from brain-death and non-heart-beating donors.
- Author:
Lin-wei WU
1
;
Xiao-shun HE
;
Qiang TAI
;
Wei-qiang JU
;
Yi MA
;
Dong-ping WANG
;
Xiao-feng ZHU
;
Jie-fu HUANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Brain Death; Female; Heart Arrest; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis; surgery; Liver Neoplasms; surgery; Liver Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Tissue Donors; Treatment Outcome
- From: Journal of Southern Medical University 2008;28(12):2204-2206
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo compare the short-term outcomes of liver transplantation recipients receiving liver grafts from brain-death and non-heart-beating donors and evaluate the safety of liver grafts from brain-death donors.
METHODSA total of 130 patients receiving liver transplantation between January, 2006 and December, 2007 were retrospectively analyzed, including 9 patients receiving liver graft from brain-death donors and 121 with grafts from non-heart-beating donors. The operative time, anhepatic time, bleeding volume, postoperative complications and short-term survival were compared between the two groups.
RESULTSThe operative time, anhepatic time, bleeding volume, postoperative complications and short-term survival showed no significant differences between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONThe short-term outcome of recipients receiving liver grafts from brain-death donors is similar to that of recipients receiving grafts from non-heart-beating donors, indicating the safety of clinical use of the liver grafts from brain-death donors.
