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ArticleAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2023

Japanese national survey on declined liver allografts from brain-dead donors: High decline rate but promising outcomes in allografts with moderate steatosis.

Yusuke Takemura, Masahiro Shinoda, Yasushi Hasegawa, Yohei Yamada, Hideaki Obara, Minoru Kitago, Mureo Kasahara, Koji Umeshita, Susumu Eguchi, Yuko Kitagawa and 2 more

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Article in Annals of gastroenterological surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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12 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Yusuke TakemuraDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3791-9902
Masahiro ShinodaDigestive Disease Center Mita Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-9244
Yasushi HasegawaDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Yohei YamadaDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Hideaki ObaraDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Minoru KitagoDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Mureo KasaharaOrgan Transplantation Center National Center for Child Health and Development Tokyo Japan.
Koji UmeshitaDepartment of Surgery Osaka International Cancer Institute Osaka Japan.
Susumu EguchiDepartment of Surgery Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science Nagasaki Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-0152
Yuko KitagawaDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Hideki OhdanDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9066-1288
Hiroto EgawaDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo Japan.
Keio University · JPHiroshima University · JPMita Hospital · JPNagasaki University · JPNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPOsaka Health Science University · JPTokyo Women's Medical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: Liver allografts from brain-dead donors, which were declined and were eventually not transplanted due to accompanying marginal factors, have never been surveyed in Japan. We surveyed the declined allografts and discussed the graft potential focusing on various marginal factors. Methods: We collected data on brain-dead donors between 1999 and 2019 from the Japan Organ Transplant Network. We divided their liver allografts into declined (nontransplanted) and transplanted ones, and then characterized declined ones focusing on their timepoints of decline and accompanying marginal factors. For each marginal factor, we calculated the decline rate from the number of declined and transplanted allografts, and assessed the 1-year graft survival rate from transplanted allografts. Results: A total of 571 liver allografts were divided into 84 (14.7%) declined and 487 (85.3%) transplanted ones. In the declined allografts, a majority was declined after laparotomy ( Conclusion: Pathological abnormalities of steatosis/fibrosis seem to be the most common donor factor leading to graft decline in Japan. Allografts with moderate steatosis were highly declined; however, transplanted ones achieved promising outcomes. This national survey highlights the potential utility of liver allografts with moderate steatosis.

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deceased‐donor liver transplantationdonor selectionfibrosisgraft survivalsteatosis

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