Utilization of Public Health Service Increased Risk Donors Yields Equivalent Outcomes in Liver Transplantation

Background. The PHS increased risk donor (IRD) is underutilized in liver transplantation. We aimed to examine the posttransplant outcomes in recipients of increased-risk organs. Methods. We analyzed 228,040 transplants in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database from 2004 to 2013....

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Main Authors: V. A. Fleetwood, J. Lusciks, J. Poirier, M. Hertl, E. Y. Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9658904
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