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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 1;106(10):1885-1887.
doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004127. Epub 2022 Sep 29.

Increased Logistical Burden in Circle-based Kidney Allocation

Nicholas L Wood  1 , Douglas N VanDerwerken  1 , Dorry L Segev  2   3   4 , Sommer E Gentry  1   4
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Editorial

Increased Logistical Burden in Circle-based Kidney Allocation

Nicholas L Wood et al. Transplantation. .
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Geographic Variation of Changes in Logistical Complexity by Donor Region After Circle-Based Kidney Allocation*.
(a) Median offer number at acceptance; (b) Median center number at acceptance; (c) Median center number at offer number 50 on the match run. * For each match run with at least one bypassed offer, we removed all bypassed offers and renumbered the offer and center number throughout the match run, unless all offers were bypassed until an accepted offer, in which case that match run was removed. When considering offer and center number at acceptance, we only considered accepted offers that ultimately resulted in transplant
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Geographic Variation of Changes in Allocation Efficiency by Donor Region After Circle-Based Kidney Allocation.
(a) Mean cold ischemia time; (b) Mean distribution time**. ** Distribution time is defined as the duration from the match run submit date to reperfusion, where reperfusion was estimated as the time at cross clamp plus ischemia time. Ischemia time was defined as cold ischemia time, plus warm ischemia time when reported.
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