Improving DCD liver utilization by challenging the status quo

Mark J Hobeika^{1

2}, Flavio E Baio¹, Ashish Saharia^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and TransplantationHouston Methodist HospitalHoustonTexasUSA.
² Department of SurgeryWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew YorkNew YorkUSA.

Editorial

Mark J Hobeika et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;28(11):1699-1700.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26553. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Mark J Hobeika^{1

2}, Flavio E Baio¹, Ashish Saharia^{1

2}

¹ Department of Surgery, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and TransplantationHouston Methodist HospitalHoustonTexasUSA.
² Department of SurgeryWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew YorkNew YorkUSA.

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Use of preprocurement biopsy in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation.
Bolognese AC, Foley DP, Sparks CJ, Schneider AK, D'Alessandro AM, Neidlinger NA. Bolognese AC, et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Nov;28(11):1709-1715. doi: 10.1002/lt.26510. Epub 2022 Jun 12. Liver Transpl. 2022. PMID: 35596660 Free PMC article.

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