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Review
. 2013 Aug 19;2(4):156-159.
doi: 10.1002/cld.222. eCollection 2013 Aug.

Expanding the donor pool in liver transplantation: Extended criteria donors

Andrew S deLemos  1 , Parsia A Vagefi  2
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Review

Expanding the donor pool in liver transplantation: Extended criteria donors

Andrew S deLemos et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Allograft from a donor of advanced age versus (B) an ideal liver that has undergone ex vivo splitting for pediatric and adult recipients. Although the young donor liver is brown with a smooth surface, the allograft from the donor of advanced age is not as smooth and has yellowish discoloration suggesting a component of steatosis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histopathology of (A) a normal liver, (B) preservation injury after procurement showing zone 3 degeneration with hepatocyte loss and parenchymal collapse, and (C) a nonalcoholic fatty liver showing zone 3 macrovesicular steatosis (grade 2) without hepatocyte ballooning or lobular inflammation (all the panels show hematoxylin and eosin stains and are courtesy of Joseph Misdraji, M.D., Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA).
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