Insufficient use of technical variant grafts: An unfulfilled promise in pediatric liver transplantation

Blayne A Sayed^{1

2

3}, Mark Cattral^{1

2

3}, Anand Ghanekar^{1

2

3}, Vicky L Ng^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Surgery, Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of General & Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Center, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Blayne A Sayed et al. Liver Transpl. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 1;29(7):663-664.

doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000158. Epub 2023 Apr 18.

Blayne A Sayed^{1

2

3}, Mark Cattral^{1

2

3}, Anand Ghanekar^{1

2

3}, Vicky L Ng^{3

4}

¹ Division of General Surgery, Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of General & Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Center, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Comment on

Center use of technical variant grafts varies widely and impacts pediatric liver transplant waitlist and recipient outcomes in the United States.
Mazariegos GV, Perito ER, Squires JE, Soltys KA, Griesemer AD, Taylor SA, Pahl E. Mazariegos GV, et al. Liver Transpl. 2023 Jul 1;29(7):671-682. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000091. Epub 2023 Feb 7. Liver Transpl. 2023. PMID: 36746117 Free PMC article.

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