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ReviewCurrent opinion in organ transplantation2018

Social, economic, and policy implications of organ preservation advances.

Alyssa Ward, David K Klassen, Kate M Franz, Sebastian Giwa, Jedediah K Lewis

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Review in Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cryopreservation of biological materials: applications and economic perspectives.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2026
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  6. Governing new technologies that stop biological time: Preparing for prolonged biopreservation of human organs in transplantation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025
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  8. The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics · 2024
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  14. Recipient age and outcome after pancreas transplantation: a retrospective dual-center analysis.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2021
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  17. A simple segmentation and quantification method for numerical quantitative analysis of cells and tissues.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2020
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  18. New Approaches to Cryopreservation of Cells, Tissues, and Organs.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alyssa WardOrgan Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, Los Altos, California.
David K KlassenUnited Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia.
Kate M FranzOrgan Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, Los Altos, California.
Sebastian GiwaSylvatica Biotech, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina.
Jedediah K LewisOrgan Preservation Alliance, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, Los Altos, California.
NASA Research Park · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewDespite over 60 years of progress in the field of since the first organ transplant, insufficient organ preservation capabilities still place profound constraints on transplantation. These constraints play multiple and compounding roles in the predominant limitations of the field: the severe shortages of transplant organs, short-term and long-term posttransplant outcomes and complications, the unmet global need for development of transplant infrastructures, and economic burdens that limit patient access to transplantation and contribute to increasing global healthcare costs. This review surveys ways that advancing preservation technologies can play a role in each of these areas, ultimately benefiting thousands if not millions of patients worldwide. RECENT

findingsPreservation advances can create a wide range of benefits across many facets of organ transplantation, as well as related areas of transplant research. As these technologies mature, so will the policies around their use to maximize the benefits offered by organ preservation. SUMMARY: Organ preservation advances stand to increase local and global access to transplantation, improve transplant outcomes, and accelerate progress in related areas such as immune tolerance induction and xenotransplantation. This area holds the potential to save the healthcare system many billions of dollars and reduce costs across many aspects of transplantation. Novel preservation technologies, along with other technologies facilitated by preservation advances, could potentially save millions of lives in the coming years.

Indexed as

Health PolicyHumansOrgan PreservationOrgan Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID29683801
PMCPMC5959266
OpenAlexW2800312723

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