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ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2025

Mono-HOPE Versus Dual-HOPE in Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Score-Matched Evaluation of Early Graft Outcome.

Dominik Thomas Koch, Micol Tamai, Malte Schirren, Moritz Drefs, Severin Jacobi, Christian M Lange, Matthias Ilmer, Hanno Nieß, Bernhard Renz, Jens Werner and 2 more

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Article in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Transplant International: Looking Back at 2025, Looking Forward to 2026.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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  3. Time as a Therapeutic Ally: The Promise of Long-Term Solid Organ and Tissue Perfusion.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Dominik Thomas KochDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Micol TamaiDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Malte SchirrenDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Moritz DrefsDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Severin JacobiDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Christian M LangeTransplantation Center Munich, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Matthias IlmerDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Hanno NießDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Bernhard RenzDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jens WernerDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Markus GubaDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Dionysios KoliogiannisDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) has become an integral technique to enhance donor graft function in liver transplantation (LiTx). This study compares early posttransplant outcomes of mono-HOPE (portal vein perfusion only) versus dual- HOPE (both portal vein and hepatic artery perfusion). A retrospective analysis was conducted on 183 LiTx recipients, with 90 receiving mono-HOPE and 93 receiving dual-HOPE grafts. Propensity Score Matching (PSM) was applied, resulting in a matched cohort of 146 patients. Primary outcomes included one-year patient and graft survival, and non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS). Secondary outcomes included hospital length of stay (HLS). One-year patient survival was 81.7% in the mono-HOPE and 81.7% in the dual-HOPE group, and overall survival did not differ (p = 0.990). One-year death-censored graft survival was similarly comparable (91.2% vs. 93.3%, p = 0.893). NAS were observed in 10.96% in the mono-HOPE and 8.22% in the dual-HOPE group (p = 0.574). The median HLS was 29 days for both groups. Results suggest that dual-HOPE did not significantly improve patient or graft survival, nor did it reduce NAS or HLS compared to mono-HOPE. Assuming that larger cohorts and long-term follow-up data confirm this, additional cannulation of the hepatic artery during machine perfusion in hypothermic conditions may not be beneficial.

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Liver TransplantationOrgan PreservationPerfusionAdultAgedFemaleGraft SurvivalHepatic ArteryHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPortal VeinPropensity ScoreRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomedual-HOPEend-ischemic liver preservationhypothermic oxygenated machine perfusionliver transplantationmono-Hope

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PMCPMC11835512

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