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Melandro F, Basta G, Torri F, Biancofiore G, Del Turco S, Orlando F, Guarracino F, Maremmani P, Lazzeri C, Peris A, De Simone P, Ghinolfi D. Normothermic regional perfusion in liver transplantation from donation after cardiocirculatory death: Technical, biochemical, and regulatory aspects and review of literature. Artif Organs 2022; 46:1727-1740. [PMID: 35733227 DOI: 10.1111/aor.14330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Organs from donation after circulatory death (DCD) are increasingly used for liver transplantation, due to the persisting organ shortage and waiting list mortality. However, the use of DCD grafts is still limited by the inferior graft survival rate and the increased risk of primary non-function and biliary complications when compared to brain death donors' grafts. METHODS Abdominal normothermic regional perfusion with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an in situ preservation strategy. which may mitigate ischemia-reperfusion injuries. and has been proposed to restore blood perfusion after the determination of death thus optimizing liver function before implantation. RESULTS In this systematic review, we highlighted the clinical evidence supporting the use of normothermic regional perfusion in DCD liver underlying the pathophysiological mechanisms, and technical, logistic, and regulatory aspects. CONCLUSIONS Despite the lack of properly designed, prospective, randomized trials, the current available data suggest beneficial effects of normothermic regional perfusion on clinical outcomes after liver transplantation.
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- Fabio Melandro
- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR San Cataldo Research Area, Pisa, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Surgical, Medical, Biochemical Pathology and Intensive Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR San Cataldo Research Area, Pisa, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Center Hospital A. Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Tuscany Regional Transplant Authority, Centro Regionale Allocazione Organi e Tessuti (CRAOT), Florence, Italy
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- Tuscany Regional Transplant Authority, Centro Regionale Allocazione Organi e Tessuti (CRAOT), Florence, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Surgical, Medical, Biochemical Pathology and Intensive Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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Polanco Pujol L, Velasco JC, González García J, Herranz Amo F, Lledó García E, Chomón GB, Castro JMD, Chamizo JA, Chacón GA, Gárate MM, Ríos DS, Diez Cordero J, Durán Merino R, Hernández Fernández C. Extracción renal en donante cadáver: revisión sistemática de la técnica quirúrgica. Actas Urol Esp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2022.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Casanova D, Castillo F, Miñambres E. Multiorgan retrieval and preservation of the thoracic and abdominal organs in Maastricht III donors. World J Transplant 2022; 12:83-87. [PMID: 35663542 PMCID: PMC9136717 DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v12.i5.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This editorial describes the indications and technical aspects of the simultaneous retrieval of thoracic and abdominal organs in Maastricht III donors as well as the preservation of such organs until their implantation.
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- Daniel Casanova
- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla University Cantabria, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla University Cantabria, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Transplant Office, University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla University of Cantabria Medical School, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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Koscik R, Ngai J. Donation after Circulatory Death: Expanding Heart Transplants. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022; 36:3867-3876. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sellers MT, Nassar A, Alebrahim M, Sasaki K, Lee DD, Bohorquez H, Cannon RM, Selvaggi G, Neidlinger N, McMaster WG, Hoffman JRH, Shah AS, Montenovo MI. Early United States experience with liver donation after circulatory determination of death using thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion: A multi-institutional observational study. Clin Transplant 2022; 36:e14659. [PMID: 35362152 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mortality on the liver waitlist remains unacceptably high. Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD) donors are considered marginal but are a potentially underutilized resource. Thoraco-abdominal normothermic perfusion (TA-NRP) in DCD donors might result in higher quality livers and offset waitlist mortality. We retrospectively reviewed outcomes of the first 13 livers transplanted from TA-NRP donors in the US. Nine centers transplanted livers from 8 organ procurement organizations. Median donor age was 25 years; median agonal phase was 13 minutes. Median recipient age was 60 years; median lab MELD score was 21. Three patients (23%) met early allograft dysfunction (EAD) criteria. Three received simultaneous liver-kidney transplants; neither had EAD nor delayed renal allograft function. One recipient died 186 days post-transplant from sepsis but had normal pre-sepsis liver function. One patient developed a biliary anastomotic stricture, managed endoscopically; no recipient developed clinical evidence of ischemic cholangiopathy (IC). Twelve of 13 (92%) patients are alive with good liver function at 439 days median follow-up; 1 patient has extrahepatic recurrent HCC. TA-NRP DCD livers in these recipients all functioned well, particularly with respect to IC, and provide a valuable option to decrease deaths on the waiting list. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Marty T Sellers
- Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Tennessee Donor Services, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Surgery, Stanford University
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Surgery, Ochsner School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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Barreda Monteoliva P, Redondo-Pachón D, Miñambres García E, Rodrigo Calabia E. Kidney transplant outcome of expanded criteria donors after circulatory death. Nefrologia 2022; 42:135-144. [PMID: 36153910 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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The increase in the number of patients on the kidney transplant waiting list has led to an attempt to increase the number of potential donors by incorporating candidates that previously would not have been considered optimal, including donors after cardiac death (DCD) and those with "expanded" criteria (ECD). Recipients of controlled DCD (cDCD) grafts suffer more delayed graft function (DGF), but have a long-term evolution comparable to those of brain-dead donors, which has allowed an increase in the number of cDCD transplants in different countries in recent years. In parallel, the use of cDCD with expanded criteria (cDCD/ECD) has increased in recent years in different countries, allowing the waiting list for kidney transplantation to be shortened. The use of these grafts, although associated with a higher frequency of DGF, offers similar or only slightly lower long-term graft survival than those of brain death donors with expanded criteria. Different studies have observed that cDCD/ECD graft recipients have worse kidney function than cDCD/standard and DBD/ECD. Mortality associated with cDCD/ECD graft transplantation mostly relates to the recipient age. Patients who receive a cDCD/≥60 graft have better survival than those who continue on the waiting list, although this fact has not been demonstrated in recipients of cDCD/>65 years. The use of this type of organ should be accompanied by the optimization of surgical times and the shortest possible cold ischemia.
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- Paloma Barreda Monteoliva
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla/IDIVAL, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Coordinación de trasplantes, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla/IDIVAL, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla/IDIVAL, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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Gregorini M, Ticozzelli E, Abelli M, Grignano MA, Pattonieri EF, Giacomoni A, De Carlis L, Dell’Acqua A, Caldara R, Socci C, Bottazzi A, Libetta C, Sepe V, Malabarba S, Manzoni F, Klersy C, Piccolo G, Rampino T. Kidney Transplants From Donors on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Prior to Death Are Associated With Better Long-Term Renal Function Compared to Donors After Circulatory Death. Transpl Int 2022; 35:10179. [PMID: 35210934 PMCID: PMC8862176 DOI: 10.3389/ti.2021.10179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Donation after circulatory death (DCD) allows expansion of the donor pool. We report on 11 years of Italian experience by comparing the outcome of grafts from DCD and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) prior to death donation (EPD), a new donor category. We studied 58 kidney recipients from DCD or EPD and collected donor/recipient clinical characteristics. Primary non function (PNF) and delayed graft function (DGF) rates, dialysis need, hospitalization duration, and patient and graft survival rates were compared. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was measured throughout the follow-up. Better clinical outcomes were achieved with EPD than with DCD despite similar graft and patient survival rates The total warm ischemia time (WIT) was longer in the DCD group than in the EPD group. Pure WIT was the highest in the class II group. The DGF rate was higher in the DCD group than in the EPD group. PNF rate was similar in the groups. Dialysis need was the greatest and hospitalization the longest in the class II DCD group. eGFR was lower in the class II DCD group than in the EPD group. Our results indicate good clinical outcomes of kidney transplants from DCD despite the long “no-touch period” and show that ECMO in the procurement phase improves graft outcome, suggesting EPD as a source for pool expansion.
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- Marilena Gregorini
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Università Degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Marilena Gregorini,
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- Unit of General Surgery 2, Department of Surgical Sciences, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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- Transplant Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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- Transplant Center, Department of General Surgery and Abdominal Transplantation, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Transplant Center, Department of General Surgery and Abdominal Transplantation, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Raffaele Scientific Institute (IRCCS), Milan, Italy
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- Transplant Unit, Department of General Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita‐Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita‐Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- ICU1 Department of Intensive Medicine, Foundation IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Università Degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of General Surgery 2, Department of Surgical Sciences, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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- Health Promotion, Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Hygiene and Health Prevention Department, Health Protection Agency, Pavia, Italy
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- Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Foundation IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant, San Matteo Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Pavia, Italy
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Villar-García S, Martín-López CE, Pérez-Redondo M, Hernández-Pérez FJ, Martínez-López D, de Villarreal-Soto JE, Ríos-Rosado EC, Vera-Puente B, Ospina-Mosquera VM, Serrano-Fiz S, Forteza-Gil A. Donación en asistolia controlada: cómo iniciar un programa. CIRUGIA CARDIOVASCULAR 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.circv.2022.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Feo M, Miñambres E, Suberviola B, Campos-Fernández S, Sánchez-Arguiano J, Kislikova M, Ballesteros MA. Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death Program: Analysis and Results at a Tertiary Care Hospital. Transplant Proc 2022; 54:70-72. [PMID: 34974895 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact in organs obtained and transplanted from controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD). METHODS Transplants from cDCD donors performed at the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla from the beginning of the program (December 2013) to December 2020 were evaluated. All procedures were performed with normothermic regional perfusion. Donors after brain death (DBDs) during the same period were used as a control group. RESULTS A total of 95 donors after cardiac death and 152 DBDs were included. Age was similar in both groups (60 years [IQR, 53-68 years vs 62 years {IQR, 51-79 years]; P = .390). The number of organs recovered per donor was higher in the DBD group (4 [IQR, 3-5] vs 3 [IQR, 2-4], P < .001], as well as the number of transplanted organs (4 [IQR, 2-4] vs 2 [IQR, 2-4]; P = .002]. However, the number of noneffective donors was similar. DBDs presented a higher rate of liver donation (30.5% vs 46.7%; P = .012), lung donation (25.3% vs 38.2%; P = .036), and cardiac donation (1.1% vs 21.7%; P < .001) with respect to the donors after cardiac death group, but kidney and pancreatic donation were similar. CONCLUSIONS The cDCD with normothermic regional perfusion program is fully established in our center. The age of the cDCD donor has increased with experience and it is currently identical to the control group (DBD). After overcoming the learning curve, cDCD is a multiorgan donation that presents an excellent profitability in the number of organs extracted and transplanted.
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- Marlene Feo
- Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; Transplant Coordination Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; Transplant Coordination Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; Transplant Coordination Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
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Urban M, Castleberry AW, Markin NW, Chacon MM, Strah HM, Um JY, Berkheim D, Merani S, Siddique A. Successful lung transplantation with graft recovered after thoracoabdominal normothermic perfusion from donor after circulatory death. Am J Transplant 2022; 22:294-298. [PMID: 34403207 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Lung transplantation with lungs procured from donors after circulatory death (DCD) has been established as an alternative technique to traditional donation after brain death (DBD) with comparable outcomes. Recently, in situ thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) has emerged as a novel technique employed in the procurement of cardiac allografts after circulatory death. TA-NRP, in contrast to ex situ machine perfusion, has the advantage of allowing in situ assessment of donor organs prior to final acceptance. However, there are some concerns that this technique may adversely impact the quality of lung allografts. Here, we present a case of a successful bilateral sequential lung transplantation in a patient with postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis due to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), with lungs procured after normothermic in situ lung perfusion. Apart from the lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys were also successfully transplanted from this donor.
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- Marian Urban
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Inulin Clearance During Ex vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion as a Marker of Renal Function. ASAIO J 2021; 68:1211-1218. [PMID: 34967777 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000001624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) offers a unique opportunity to objectively assess donor organ quality. This study describes the evaluation of inulin clearance as a potential marker for the ex vivo function of porcine kidneys during NMP. The function assessment was performed in both kidneys from slaughterhouse pigs (n = 20) and kidneys from pigs in a laboratory setting (n = 28). The kidneys were exposed to different warm ischemia times (WIT). After a period of static cold storage, the kidneys underwent a 4-hour NMP with autologous whole blood. Inulin clearance, hemodynamic parameters, and urine output were measured. Based on the inulin excretion behavior laboratory pig kidneys were assigned to three classes (functional, limited functional, and nonfunctional), slaughterhouse pig kidneys to two classes (limited functional and nonfunctional), respectively. Contrary to the marginal kidneys of the slaughterhouse pigs, the functional variation of kidneys of the laboratory pigs was associated with the WIT. A correlation between functional kidneys and a WIT less than 25 min was shown. Because none of the slaughterhouse pig kidneys could be assigned to the functional class, only the laboratory pig kidneys were used for examinations with functional markers. Renal blood flow and urine output during NMP correlated significantly (p < 0.01) with ex vivo kidney function. This study demonstrated that inulin is a marker of high quality for the evaluation of suggested kidney function after NMP with whole blood. Furthermore, surrogate markers measured during NMP can be used to describe and predict the physiologic behavior of kidneys before transplantation.
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Rodriguez RP, Perez BS, Daga JAP, Diaz FJL, Aguilar JLF, Muñoz MAS, Casado MCM, Narvaez JMA, Santoyo JS. Outcome of Liver Transplants Using Donors After Cardiac Death With Normothermic Regional Perfusion. Transplant Proc 2021; 54:37-40. [PMID: 34953595 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The incorporation of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) to donors after cardiac death (DCD) allows the recovery of liver grafts without the deleterious effects on graft survival the super-rapid technique may cause. The aim of the present report is to determine if the use of NRP in Maastricht type III DCD donors achieves short- and medium-term results comparable to donors after brain death (DBD). PATIENTS AND METHODS This is an observational cohort study including 117 liver transplants executed between November 2016 and April 2021, divided into NRP (n = 39) and DBD (n = 78). RESULTS Donors were younger in the NRP group (NRP 52 vs DBD 59.4 years; P < .005). Liver recipients in each study group were of similar age and severity of liver disease, although the predominant transplant indication in the NRP group was hepatocellular carcinoma. No differences in ischemia times were found. The incidence of early allograft disfunction and primary nonfunction was balanced between NRP and DBD. Eight patients required retransplant, all of them in the DBD group. No differences were found in biliary complications (NRP 12% vs DBD 5%; P = .104). Ischemic cholangiopathy affected a single DBD patient. Graft survival's Kaplan Meier curve shows a better outcome in the NRP group, although the difference did not reach significance (P = .075). CONCLUSIONS The incorporation of perfusion machines, and specifically the NPR in situ, converts suboptimal liver grafts such as DCD into organs comparable to DBDs.
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- Rosa Perez Rodriguez
- Department of Hepatic Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain.
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Regional Universitario, Málaga, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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Boteon YL, Hessheimer AJ, Brüggenwirth IMA, Boteon APCS, Padilla M, de Meijer VE, Domínguez-Gil B, Porte RJ, Perera MTPR, Martins PN. The economic impact of machine perfusion technology in liver transplantation. Artif Organs 2021; 46:191-200. [PMID: 34878658 DOI: 10.1111/aor.14131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Several clinical studies have demonstrated the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of machine perfusion in liver transplantation, although its economic outcomes are still underexplored. This review aimed to examine the costs related to machine perfusion and its associated outcomes. METHODS Expert opinion of several groups representing different machine perfusion modalities. Critical analysis of the published literature reporting the economic outcomes of the most used techniques of machine perfusion in liver transplantation (normothermic and hypothermic ex situ machine perfusion and in situ normothermic regional perfusion). RESULTS Machine perfusion costs include disposable components of the perfusion device, perfusate components, personnel and facility fees, and depreciation of the perfusion device or device lease fee. The limited current literature suggests that although this upfront cost varies between perfusion modalities, its use is highly likely to be cost-effective. Optimization of the donor liver utilization rate, local conditions of transplant programs (long waiting list times and higher MELD scores), a decreased rate of complications, changes in logistics, and length of hospital stay are potential cost savings points that must highlight the expected benefits of this intervention. An additional unaccounted factor is that machine perfusion optimizing donor organ utilization allows patients to be transplanted earlier, avoiding clinical deterioration while on the waiting list and the costs associated with hospital admissions and other required procedures. CONCLUSION So far, the clinical benefits have guided machine perfusion implementation in liver transplantation. Albeit there is data suggesting the economic benefit of the technique, further investigation of its costs to healthcare systems and society and associated outcomes is needed.
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- Yuri L Boteon
- Liver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery & Transplantation, General & Digestive Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Organización Nacional de Trasplantes, Ministerio de Sanidad, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Branchereau J, Ogbemudia AE, Bas-Bernardet SL, Prudhomme T, Rigaud J, Karam G, Blancho G, Mesnard B. Novel Organ Perfusion and Preservation Strategies in Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death in Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2021; 54:77-79. [PMID: 34879976 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Kidney and pancreatic transplants from controlled donation after circulatory death donors are vulnerable to ischemia-reperfusion injuries. In this context of transplant shortage, there is a need to optimize the function of these transplants and to develop novel perfusion and preservation strategies in controlled donation after circulatory death in kidney and pancreatic transplants. IN SITU PERFUSION AND PRESERVATION STRATEGIES In situ regional normothermic perfusion improves the outcome of kidney transplants from controlled donation after circulatory death and provides equivalent results for the kidney from brain-dead donors. In situ regional normothermic perfusion is under investigation for pancreatic transplants. EX SITU PERFUSION AND PRESERVATION STRATEGIES Perfusion on hypothermic machine perfusion is highly recommended for the kidney from controlled donation after cardiac death. Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion machine decreases the rate of graft rejection and graft failure in kidney transplantation. Ex situ normothermic perfusion is an easy way to assess renal function. In the future, kidney transplants could benefit from drug therapy during ex situ normothermic perfusion. In pancreas transplantation, hypothermic machine perfusion and ex situ normothermic perfusion present encouraging results in preclinical studies.
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- J Branchereau
- Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Nantes, France; Nuffield Department of Surgical Science, Oxford, United Kingdom; Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie (ou CRTI), Inserm, Nantes University, Nantes, France.
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Science, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie (ou CRTI), Inserm, Nantes University, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie (ou CRTI), Inserm, Nantes University, Nantes, France
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- Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Nantes, France
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- Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Nantes, France; Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie (ou CRTI), Inserm, Nantes University, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie (ou CRTI), Inserm, Nantes University, Nantes, France
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- Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Nantes, France; Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie (ou CRTI), Inserm, Nantes University, Nantes, France
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Ruiz P, Valdivieso A, Palomares I, Prieto M, Ventoso A, Salvador P, Senosiain M, Fernandez JR, Testillano M, Bustamante FJ, Gastaca M. Similar Results in Liver Transplantation From Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death Donors With Normothermic Regional Perfusion and Donation After Brain Death Donors: A Case-Matched Single-Center Study. Liver Transpl 2021; 27:1747-1757. [PMID: 34455694 DOI: 10.1002/lt.26281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although good results have been reported with the use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) liver transplantation (LT), there is a lack of evidence to demonstrate similar results to donation after brain death (DBD). We present a single-center retrospective case-matched (1:2) study including 100 NRP cDCD LTs and 200 DBD LTs and a median follow-up of 36 months. Matching was done according to donor age, recipient Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score, and cold ischemia time. The following perioperative results were similar in both groups: alanine transaminase peaks of 909 U/L in the DBD group and 836 U/L in the cDCD group and early allograft disfunction percentages of 21% and 19.2%, respectively. The 1-year and 3-year overall graft survival for cDCD was 99% and 93%, respectively, versus 92% and 87%, respectively, for DBD (P = 0.04). Of note, no cases of primary nonfunction or ischemic-type biliary lesion were observed among the cDCD grafts. Our results confirm that NRP cDCD LT meets the same outcomes as those obtained with DBD LT and provides evidence to support the idea that cDCD donors per se should no longer be considered as "marginal donors" when recovered with NRP.
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- Patricia Ruiz
- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Bask Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Bask Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Bask Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Bask Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Bask Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Basque Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, University of the Bask Country, Barakaldo, Spain
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Go C, Elsisy M, Frenz B, Moses JB, Tevar AD, Demetris AJ, Chun Y, Tillman BW. A retrievable, dual-chamber stent protects against warm ischemia of donor organs in a model of donation after circulatory death. Surgery 2021; 171:1100-1107. [PMID: 34839934 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ischemic injury during the agonal period of donation after circulatory death donors remains a significant barrier to increasing abdominal transplants. A major obstacle has been the inability to improve visceral perfusion, while at the same time respecting the ethics of the organ donor. A retrievable dual-chamber stentgraft could potentially isolate the organ perfusion from systemic hypotension and hypoxia, without increasing cardiac work or committing the donor. METHODS Retrievable dumbbell-shaped stents were laser welded from nitinol wire and covered with polytetrafluoroethylene. Yorkshire pigs were assigned to either agonal control or dumbbell-shaped dual-chamber stentgraft. A central lumen maintained aortic flow, while an outer visceral chamber was perfused with oxygenated blood. A 1-hour agonal phase of hypoxia and hypotension was simulated. Stents were removed by simple sheath advancement. Cardiac monitoring, labs, and visceral flow were recorded followed by recovery of the animal to a goal of 48 hours. RESULTS Cardiac stress did not increase during stent deployment. Visceral pO2 and flow were dramatically improved in stented animal relative to control animals. Five of 7 control animals were killed after renal failure complications, whereas all stent animals survived. Histology confirmed increased ischemic changes among control kidneys compared to stented animals. CONCLUSION A dual-chamber stent improved outcomes after a simulated agonal phase. The stent did not increase cardiac work, thus respecting a key ethical consideration. The ability of a dual-chamber stent to prevent ischemia during organ recovery may become a powerful tool to address the critical donor organ shortage.
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- Catherine Go
- Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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- Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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- Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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- Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA; Division of Vascular Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
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de Boer JD, Putter H, Blok JJ, Cambridge NA, van den Berg SD, Vogelaar S, Berlakovich G, Guba M, Braat AE, Advisory Committee ELIAC. Development of the Eurotransplant Discard Risk Index to Predict Acceptance of Livers for Transplantation: A Retrospective Database Analysis. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2021; 19:1163-1172. [PMID: 34812707 DOI: 10.6002/ect.2021.0228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The utilization of liver allografts could be optimized if nonacceptance is predicted. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic ability of an updated Discard Risk Index in Eurotransplant. MATERIALS AND METHODS Potential deceased donors from January 2010 to December 2015 who had been reported to Eurotransplant were included in our analyses. Liver utilization was defined by transplant status as the primary outcome to evaluate the performance of the Eurotransplant-developed Discard Risk Index. RESULTS Of 11670 potential livers, 9565 (81%) were actually transplanted. Donor sex, age, history of diabetes, drug abuse, use of vasopressors, body mass index category, serum sodium, cause of death, donor type, and levels of C-reactive protein, bilirubin, aspartate and alanine aminotransferases, international normalized ratio, and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase were associated with discard and combined in the Eurotransplant-developed Discard Risk Index. Correlation between the two Discard Risk Indexes was high (r = 0.86), and both achieved high C statistics of 0.72 and 0.75 (P < .001), respectively. Despite strong calibration, discard rates of 0.8% for overall donors and 6% of donors after circulatory death could be predicted with 80% accuracy. CONCLUSIONS The Eurotransplant-developed Discard Risk Index showed a high prognostic ability to predict liver utilization in a European setting. The model could therefore be valuable for identifying livers at high risk of not being transplanted in an early stage. These organs might profit the most from modified allocation strategies or advanced preservation techniques.
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- Jacob D de Boer
- From the Medical Staff Office, Eurotransplant International Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.,From the Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Rubio Muñoz JJ, Dominguez-Gil González B, Miñambres García E, Del Río Gallegos F, Pérez-Villares JM. Role of normothermic perfusion with ECMO in donation after controlled cardiac death in Spain. Med Intensiva 2021; 46:31-41. [PMID: 34794913 DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 01/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Spain has become one of the most active countries in donation after controlled cardiac death, using normothermic abdominal perfusion with ECMO in more than 50% of all donors - a situation contributed to by the creation of mobile teams to support hospitals lacking this technology. The donation process must be respectful of the wishes and values of the patients and their relatives, especially if there is pre mortem manipulation, and the absence of cerebral perfusion should be guaranteed. The liver is the most benefited organ by reducing biliary complications as well as the loss of grafts. In renal transplantation, the technique could contribute to reduce the incidence of delayed graft function. In addition, the procedure is compatible with surgical rapid recovery in hypothermia when there is also lung donation. The future lies in the consolidation of cardiac donation by extending normothermic perfusion to the thoracic cavity.
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- J J Rubio Muñoz
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Unidad de Coordinación de Trasplantes, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
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- Coordinación Regional de Trasplantes de la Comunidad de Cantabria, Servicio de Medicina Intensiva del Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Coordinación Regional de Trasplantes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Servicio de Medicina Intensiva del Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Coordinador Regional de Trasplantes de la Comunidad de Andalucía, Servicio de Medicina Intensiva del Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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Barbier L, Guillem T, Savier E, Scatton O, Dondero F, Si Larbi AG, Bucur P, Sulpice L, Robin F, Goumard C, Muller X, Venhard JC, Allard MA, Pittau G, Soubrane O, Mercier E, Laffon M, Lesurtel M, Salamé E. Impact of the duration of normothermic regional perfusion on the results of liver transplant from controlled circulatory death donors: A retrospective, multicentric study. Clin Transplant 2021; 36:e14536. [PMID: 34779019 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In France, the program of controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) was established with routine use of in situ normothermic regional perfusion (NRP). There is currently no consensus on its optimal duration. The purpose was to assess the impact of NRP duration on liver graft function and biliary outcomes. One-hundred and fifty-six liver recipients from NRP-cDCD donors from six French centers between 2015 and 2019 were included. Primary endpoint was graft function assessed by early allograft dysfunction (EAD, according to Olthoff's criteria) and MEAF (model for early allograft function) score. Overall, three (1.9%) patients had primary non-function, 30 (19.2%) patients experienced EAD, and MEAF score was 7.3 (±1.7). Mean NRP duration was 179 (±43) min. There was no impact of NRP duration on EAD (170±44 min in patients with EAD vs. 181±42 min in patients without, P = .286). There was no significant association between NRP duration and MEAF score (P = .347). NRP duration did neither impact on overall biliary complications nor on non-anastomotic biliary strictures (overall rates of 16.7% and 3.9%, respectively). In conclusion, duration of NRP in cDCD donors does not seem to impact liver graft function and biliary outcomes after liver transplantation. A 1 to 4-h perfusion represents an optimal time window.
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- Louise Barbier
- Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Tours, University of Tours, Tours, France.,FHU Support, Tours, France
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- Anesthesiology and Surgical Critical Care Medicine Department, Tours University Hospital, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne University, St Antoine Research Center (CRSA), Sorbonne University, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne University, St Antoine Research Center (CRSA), Sorbonne University, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Beaujon hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris-Diderot University, Clichy, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Tours, University of Tours, Tours, France.,FHU Support, Tours, France
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Digestive Surgery, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Digestive Surgery, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France
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- Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne University, St Antoine Research Center (CRSA), Sorbonne University, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Croix Rousse University Hospital, University of Lyon I, Lyon, France
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- FHU Support, Tours, France.,Anesthesiology and Surgical Critical Care Medicine Department, Tours University Hospital, University of Tours, Tours, France.,Coordination for organ and tissue donation and procurement, Tours University Hospital, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- AP-HP Hopital Paul Brousse, Department of HPB surgery and liver transplantation, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paris-Saclay University, Villejuif, France
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- AP-HP Hopital Paul Brousse, Department of HPB surgery and liver transplantation, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paris-Saclay University, Villejuif, France
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Beaujon hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris-Diderot University, Clichy, France
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- INSERM CIC 1415, Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Tours, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- Anesthesiology and Surgical Critical Care Medicine Department, Tours University Hospital, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Croix Rousse University Hospital, University of Lyon I, Lyon, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Tours, University of Tours, Tours, France.,FHU Support, Tours, France
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Padilla M, Coll E, Fernández-Pérez C, Pont T, Ruiz Á, Pérez-Redondo M, Oliver E, Atutxa L, Manciño JM, Daga D, Miñambres E, Moya J, Vidal B, Dueñas-Jurado JM, Mosteiro F, Rodríguez-Salgado A, Fernández-García E, Lara R, Hernández-Marrero D, Estébanez B, Rodríguez-Ferrero ML, Barber M, García-López F, Andrés A, Santiago C, Zapatero A, Badenes R, Carrizosa F, Blanco JJ, Bernal JL, Elola FJ, Vidal C, Terrón C, Castro P, Comas J, Domínguez-Gil B. Improved short-term outcomes of kidney transplants in controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death with the use of normothermic regional perfusion. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:3618-3628. [PMID: 33891793 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) allows the in situ perfusion of organs with oxygenated blood in donation after the circulatory determination of death (DCDD). We aimed at evaluating the impact of NRP on the short-term outcomes of kidney transplants in controlled DCDD (cDCDD). This is a multicenter, nationwide, retrospective study comparing cDCDD kidneys obtained with NRP versus the standard rapid recovery (RR) technique. During 2012-2018, 2302 cDCDD adult kidney transplants were performed in Spain using NRP (n = 865) or RR (n = 1437). The study groups differed in donor and recipient age, warm, and cold ischemic time and use of ex situ machine perfusion. Transplants in the NRP group were more frequently performed in high-volume centers (≥90 transplants/year). Through matching by propensity score, two cohorts with a total of 770 patients were obtained. After the matching, no statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in terms of primary nonfunction (p = .261) and mortality at 1 year (p = .111). However, the RR of kidneys was associated with a significantly increased odds of delayed graft function (OR 1.97 [95% CI 1.43-2.72]; p < .001) and 1-year graft loss (OR 1.77 [95% CI 1.01-3.17]; p = .034). In conclusion, compared with RR, NRP appears to improve the short-term outcomes of cDCDD kidney transplants.
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- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,Fundación Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.,Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro- Majadahona, Madrid, Spain
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- Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Regional Donor Transplant Coordination, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.,School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Donation and Transplantion Coordination Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Regional Donor Transplant Coordination in Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA) REDINREN RD16/0009/0006, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Surgery, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.,INCLIVA, Research Health Institute, Valencia, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Donation and Transplantation Coordination Unit, Hospital Universitario de Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Fundación Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain.,Management Control Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundación Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Coordinación Autonómica de Trasplantes de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain
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- Organització Catalana de Trasplantaments, Barcelona, Spain
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Hosgood SA, Brown RJ, Nicholson ML. Advances in Kidney Preservation Techniques and Their Application in Clinical Practice. Transplantation 2021; 105:e202-e214. [PMID: 33982904 PMCID: PMC8549459 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The use of cold preservation solutions to rapidly flush and cool the kidney followed by static cold storage in ice has been the standard kidney preservation technique for the last 50 y. Nonetheless, changing donor demographics that include organs from extended criteria donors and donation after circulatory death donors have led to the adoption of more diverse techniques of preservation. Comparison of hypothermic machine perfusion and static cold storage techniques for deceased donor kidneys has long been debated and is still contested by some. The recent modification of hypothermic machine perfusion techniques with the addition of oxygen or perfusion at subnormothermic or near-normothermic temperatures are promising strategies that are emerging in clinical practice. In addition, the use of normothermic regional perfusion to resuscitate abdominal organs of donation after circulatory death donors in situ before cold flushing is also increasingly being utilized. This review provides a synopsis of the different types of preservation techniques including their mechanistic effects and the outcome of their application in clinical practice for different types of donor kidney.
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- Sarah A. Hosgood
- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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De Carlis R, Schlegel A, Frassoni S, Olivieri T, Ravaioli M, Camagni S, Patrono D, Bassi D, Pagano D, Di Sandro S, Lauterio A, Bagnardi V, Gruttadauria S, Cillo U, Romagnoli R, Colledan M, Cescon M, Di Benedetto F, Muiesan P, De Carlis L. How to Preserve Liver Grafts From Circulatory Death With Long Warm Ischemia? A Retrospective Italian Cohort Study With Normothermic Regional Perfusion and Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion. Transplantation 2021; 105:2385-2396. [PMID: 33617211 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Donation after circulatory death (DCD) in Italy, given its 20-min stand-off period, provides a unique bench test for normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) and dual hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (D-HOPE). METHODS We coordinated a multicenter retrospective Italian cohort study with 44 controlled DCD donors, who underwent NRP, to present transplant characteristics and results. To rank our results according to the high donor risk, we matched and compared a subgroup of 37 controlled DCD livers, preserved with NRP and D-HOPE, with static-preserved controlled DCD transplants from an established European program. RESULTS In the Italian cohort, D-HOPE was used in 84% of cases, and the primary nonfunction rate was 5%. Compared with the matched comparator group, the NRP + D-HOPE group showed a lower incidence of moderate and severe acute kidney injury (stage 2: 8% versus 27% and stage 3: 3% versus 27%; P = 0.001). Ischemic cholangiopathy remained low (2-y proportion free: 97% versus 92%; P = 0.317), despite the high-risk profile resulting from the longer donor warm ischemia in Italy (40 versus 18 min; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that NRP and D-HOPE yield good results in DCD livers with prolonged warm ischemia.
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- Riccardo De Carlis
- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- UO Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, AOU Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- General Surgery 2U, Liver Transplant Center, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Padua University, Padua, Italy
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- Abdominal Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Abdominal Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS-ISMETT), Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Padua University, Padua, Italy
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- General Surgery 2U, Liver Transplant Center, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- UO Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, AOU Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Hepatobiliary Unit, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Pérez-Sáez MJ, Juega J, Zapatero A, Comas J, Tort J, Lauzurica R, Pascual J. Kidney transplant outcomes in elderly recipients with controlled donation after circulatory death or donation after brain death donors: a registry cohort study. Transpl Int 2021; 34:2507-2514. [PMID: 34664327 DOI: 10.1111/tri.14141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The number of kidney transplant (KT) procedures with controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) donors has exponentially increased in Spain in recent years, with a parallel increase in donor and recipient acceptance criteria. The outcomes of cDCD-KT have been reported to be comparable to those of KT with donation after brain death (DBD) donors. However, studies in elderly recipients have yielded contradictory results. We performed a registry analysis of 852 KT recipients aged ≥65 years (575 in the DBD-KT group, 277 in the cDCD-KT group) in Catalonia, Spain. Clinical outcomes and survival were compared between DBD-KT and cDCD-KT recipients. The donor and recipient ages were similar between the two groups (71.5 ± 8.7 years for donors, 70.8 ± 4.1 years for recipients). Delayed graft function (DGF) was more frequent among cDCD-KT recipients, without a difference in the rate of primary nonfunction. The 3-year patient and death-censored graft survival rates were similar between DBD-KT and cDCD-KT recipients (78.8% vs. 76.4% and 90.3% vs. 86.6%, respectively). In multivariable analysis, previous cardiovascular disease and DGF were independent risk factors for patient death. The type of donation (cDCD vs. DBD) was not an independent risk factor for patient survival or graft loss. cDCD-KT and DBD-KT provide comparable patient and graft survival in elderly recipients.
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Transplant Coordination Unit & Intensive Care Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Salut, Organització Catalana de Trasplantaments, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Salut, Organització Catalana de Trasplantaments, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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De Beule J, Vandendriessche K, Pengel LHM, Bellini MI, Dark JH, Hessheimer AJ, Kimenai HJAN, Knight SR, Neyrinck AP, Paredes D, Watson CJE, Rega F, Jochmans I. A systematic review and meta-analyses of regional perfusion in donation after circulatory death solid organ transplantation. Transpl Int 2021; 34:2046-2060. [PMID: 34570380 DOI: 10.1111/tri.14121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In donation after circulatory death (DCD), (thoraco)abdominal regional perfusion (RP) restores circulation to a region of the body following death declaration. We systematically reviewed outcomes of solid organ transplantation after RP by searching PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane libraries. Eighty-eight articles reporting on outcomes of liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, and lung transplants or donor/organ utilization were identified. Meta-analyses were conducted when possible. Methodological quality was assessed using National Institutes of Health (NIH)-scoring tools. Case reports (13/88), case series (44/88), retrospective cohort studies (35/88), retrospective matched cohort studies (5/88), and case-control studies (2/88) were identified, with overall fair quality. As blood viscosity and rheology change below 20 °C, studies were grouped as hypothermic (HRP, ≤20 °C) or normothermic (NRP, >20 °C) regional perfusion. Data demonstrate that RP is a safe alternative to in situ cold preservation (ISP) in uncontrolled and controlled DCDs. The scarce HRP data are from before 2005. NRP appears to reduce post-transplant complications, especially biliary complications in controlled DCD livers, compared with ISP. Comparisons for kidney and pancreas with ISP are needed but there is no evidence that NRP is detrimental. Additional data on NRP in thoracic organs are needed. Whether RP increases donor or organ utilization needs further research.
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- Julie De Beule
- Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of General & Digestive Surgery, Institut Clínic de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques (ICMDM), Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Anesthesiology and Algology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Donation and Transplant Coordination Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,The NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Surgery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Artiles Medina A, Burgos Revilla FJ, Álvarez Nadal M, Muriel García A, Álvarez Díaz N, Gómez Dos Santos V. Comparison of in situ preservation techniques for kidneys from donors after circulatory death: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transl Androl Urol 2021; 10:3286-3299. [PMID: 34532253 PMCID: PMC8421834 DOI: 10.21037/tau-21-236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Several techniques have been developed to reduce the warm ischaemic injury of donation after circulatory death (DCD) organs before procurement. There are scarce data about the in situ preservation techniques for kidney graft outcomes. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the best in situ preservation method for kidney graft outcomes from organs obtained from controlled and uncontrolled DCD. Methods A systematic review of the PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, LILACS and Cochrane databases was conducted. Studies that compare two or more in situ preservation techniques were identified and included. Only studies which provided enough data to calculate odds ratio were eligible for meta-analysis. PROSPERO registration: CRD42020179598. Results The search strategy yielded 7,121 studies. Ultimately, 14 retrospective studies were included. Because of heterogeneity, the included studies provided weak evidence that normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is the best in situ preservation technique in terms of delayed graft function (DGF) rates. Regarding primary nonfunction (PNF), we carried out a meta-analysis of 10 studies with a pooled OR of 0.83 (95% CI: 0.40-1.71), for the NRP. In regard to DGF, pooled OR for NRP was 0.36 (95% CI: 0.25-0.54). Conclusions NRP in the DCD donor could improve kidney graft function and be considered the in situ preservation technique of choice for abdominal organs.
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- Alberto Artiles Medina
- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biostatistics, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), CIBERESP, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (UAH), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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Early Allograft Dysfunction and Complications in DCD Liver Transplantation: Expert Consensus Statements From the International Liver Transplantation Society. Transplantation 2021; 105:1643-1652. [PMID: 34291765 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Livers for transplantation from donation after circulatory death donors are relatively more prone to early and ongoing alterations in graft function that might ultimately lead to graft loss and even patient death. In consideration of this fact, this working group of the International Liver Transplantation Society has performed a critical evaluation of the medical literature to create a set of statements regarding the assessment of early allograft function/dysfunction and complications arising in the setting of donation after circulatory death liver transplantation.
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Outcomes From Brain Death Donors With Previous Cardiac Arrest Accepted for Pancreas Transplantation: A Single-center Retrospective Analysis. Ann Surg 2021; 273:e230-e238. [PMID: 30829695 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of cardiac arrest time (CAT) in donors after brain death (DBD) donors on pancreas transplant outcome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Results from donors after circulatory death report good outcomes despite warm ischemia times up to 57 minutes. Previous cardiac arrest in DBD has been addressed as a potential risk factor, but duration of the CAT has never been evaluated. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis including 342 pancreas transplants performed at our center from 2000 to 2016, and evaluated the effect of previous cardiac arrest in DBD (caDBD) on pancreas transplant outcomes. RESULTS A total of 49 (14.3%) caDBD were accepted for transplantation [median CAT of 5.0 min (IQR 2.5-15.0)]. Anoxic encephalopathy was most frequent and P-PASS higher (16.9 vs 15.6) in caDBD group when compared with other DBD. No differences were found in all other characteristics evaluated.Graft survival was similar between both groups, as was the incidence of early graft failure (EGF). CAT increased the risk for EGF [OR 1.09 (95% CI, 1.01-1.17)], and the duration of CPR discriminated for EGF [AUC of 0.86 (95% CI, 0.74-0.98)], with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 75% at a cutoff of 15 minutes. When evaluated separately, caDBD >15 min increased over 5 times the risk for EGF [HR 5.80 (95% CI, 1.82-18.56); P = 0.003], and these presented fewer days on the ICU (1.0 vs 3.0 d). CONCLUSION CaDBD donors are suitable for routine pancreas transplantation without increasing EGF risk, and in those with longer CAT it may be prudent to postpone donation a few days to allow a thorough evaluation of organ damage following cardiac arrest.
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Dondossola D, Ravaioli M, Lonati C, Maroni L, Pini A, Accardo C, Germinario G, Antonelli B, Odaldi F, Zanella A, Siniscalchi A, Cescon M, Rossi G. The Role of Ex Situ Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion and Cold Preservation Time in Extended Criteria Donation After Circulatory Death and Donation After Brain Death. Liver Transpl 2021; 27:1130-1143. [PMID: 33835695 DOI: 10.1002/lt.26067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) has the potential to counterbalance the detrimental consequences of cold and warm ischemia time (WIT) in both donation after brain death (DBD) and donation after circulatory death (DCD). Herein we investigated the protective effects of HOPE in extended criteria donor (ECD) DBD and overextended WIT DCD grafts. The present retrospective case series included 50 livers subjected to end-ischemic HOPE or dual DHOPE in 2 liver transplantation (LT) centers from January 2018 to December 2019. All DCD donors were subjected to normothermic regional perfusion before organ procurement. Results are expressed as median (interquartile range [IQR]). In the study period, 21 grafts were derived from overextended WIT DCD donors (total WIT 54 [IQR, 40-60] minutes and 75% classified as futile), whereas 29 were from ECD DBD. A total of 3 biliary complications and 1 case of ischemia-type biliary lesion were diagnosed. The rate of early allograft dysfunction (EAD) was 20%, and those patients had higher Comprehensive Complication Index scores. Through a changing point analysis, cold preservation time >9 hours was associated with prolonged hospital stays (P = 0.02), higher rates of EAD (P = 0.009), and worst post-LT complications (P = 0.02). Logistic regression analyses indicated a significant relationship between cold preservation time and EAD. No differences were shown in terms of the early post-LT results between LTs performed with DCD and DBD. Overall, our data are fully comparable with benchmark criteria in LT. In conclusion, the application of DHOPE obtained satisfactory and promising results using ECD-DBD and overextended DCD grafts. Our findings indicate the need to reduce cold preservation time also in the setting of DHOPE, particularly for grafts showing poor quality.
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- Daniele Dondossola
- General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Preclinical Research, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Statistical Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
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- General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Regulations and Procurement Surgery in DCD Liver Transplantation: Expert Consensus Guidance From the International Liver Transplantation Society. Transplantation 2021; 105:945-951. [PMID: 33675315 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are an increasingly more common source of livers for transplantation in many parts of the world. Events that occur during DCD liver recovery have a significant impact on the success of subsequent transplantation. This working group of the International Liver Transplantation Society evaluated current evidence as well as combined experience and created this guidance on DCD liver procurement. Best practices for the recovery and transplantation of livers arising through DCD after euthanasia and organ procurement with super-rapid cold preservation and recovery as well as postmortem normothermic regional perfusion are described, as are the use of adjuncts during DCD liver procurement.
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Kidney Transplants in Controlled Donation Following Circulatory Death, or Maastricht Type III Donors, With Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion, Optimizing Functional Outcomes. Transplant Direct 2021; 7:e725. [PMID: 34291147 PMCID: PMC8288885 DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background. Warm ischemia time and ischemia-reperfusion damage result in higher rates of delayed graft function and primary nonfunction in kidney transplants (KTs) from controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD). This study aimed to assess early and late kidney function and patient and graft survival of KT from cDCD preserved with normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) and to compare with KT from brain death donors (DBDs) and cDCD preserved with rapid recovery (RR). Methods. Patients who received a KT at our institution from 2012 to 2018 were included, with a minimum follow-up period of 1 y. They were categorized by donor type and conditioning methods: DBD, cDCD with NRP, and cDCD with RR. Early and late graft function, along with patient and graft survival were analyzed in all groups. Results. A total of 182 KT recipients were included in the study (98 DBD and 84 cDCD). Out of the cDCDs, 24 kidneys were recovered with the use of NRP and 62 with RR; 22 of the 24 kidneys were ultimately transplanted. The cDCD using NRP group showed lower rates of delayed graft function compared with the cDCD with RR group (36.3% versus 46.7%, P = 0.01). Also, primary nonfunction rates were lower in the cDCD using NRP group (4.5% versus 6.4% cDCD-RR and 10.2% DBD). Patient survival rates were >90% in all groups. No differences were found in graft survival rates at 1 y. Conclusions. The use of abdominal NRP improves early function recovery of KT from cDCD, making their outcomes comparable with those of DBD.
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Transplantation of discarded livers: the complementary role of normothermic regional perfusion. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4471. [PMID: 34294697 PMCID: PMC8298635 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24595-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pearson R, Geddes C, Mark P, Clancy M, Asher J. Transplantation of kidneys after normothermic perfusion: A single center experience. Clin Transplant 2021; 35:e14431. [PMID: 34288129 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND In order to expand the pool of usable donors from circulatory death (DCD) there is increasing interest in normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) to assess and improve liver viability.1,2 NRP may also improve outcomes in kidney transplantation.We present our single center experience of outcomes in imported kidneys following NRP. METHODS Data was obtained from a prospectively maintained database between December 2012 and September 2018. Primary endpoints were incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). RESULTS Six-hundred and thirty-two decease donor kidneys were transplanted, 229 from DCD donors, 29 of which had NRP. The DGF rate was lower for NRP versus DCD (six of 29, 20.7% vs. 70 of 200, 35.0%) with reduced duration of DGF. Multivariate analysis demonstrated transplant type to be a statistically significant independent predictor of eGFR at 7 and 14 days. Early transplant function in NRP kidneys was comparable to DBD. There were no graft losses within 30 days in the NRP group. One-year graft loss rate was 3.4% for NRP and 6.0% for standard DCD. CONCLUSION This data suggests NRP is safe, and reduces rates of DGF and improves early renal transplant function.
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- Robert Pearson
- Department of Renal Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Renal Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Molecular Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Renal Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Renal Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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Doppenberg JB, Leemkuil M, Engelse MA, Krikke C, de Koning EJP, Leuvenink HGD. Hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion of the human pancreas for clinical islet isolation: a prospective feasibility study. Transpl Int 2021; 34:1397-1407. [PMID: 34036616 PMCID: PMC8456912 DOI: 10.1111/tri.13927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Due to an increasing scarcity of pancreases with optimal donor characteristics, islet isolation centers utilize pancreases from extended criteria donors, such as from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors, which are particularly susceptible to prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT). We hypothesized that hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) can safely increase CIT. Five human DCD pancreases were subjected to 6 h of oxygenated HMP. Perfusion parameters, apoptosis, and edema were measured prior to islet isolation. Five human DBD pancreases were evaluated after static cold storage (SCS). Islet viability, and in vitro and in vivo functionality in diabetic mice were analyzed. Islets were isolated from HMP pancreases after 13.4 h [12.9–14.5] CIT and after 9.2 h [6.5–12.5] CIT from SCS pancreases. Histological analysis of the pancreatic tissue showed that HMP did not induce edema nor apoptosis. Islets maintained >90% viable during culture, and an appropriate in vitro and in vivo function in mice was demonstrated after HMP. The current study design does not permit to demonstrate that oxygenated HMP allows for cold ischemia extension; however, the successful isolation of functional islets from discarded human DCD pancreases after performing 6 h of oxygenated HMP indicates that oxygenated HMP may be a useful technology for better preservation of pancreases.
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- Jason B Doppenberg
- Transplantation Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Transplantation Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Transplantation Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Savoye E, Legeai C, Branchereau J, Gay S, Riou B, Gaudez F, Veber B, Bruyere F, Cheisson G, Kerforne T, Badet L, Bastien O, Antoine C. Optimal donation of kidney transplants after controlled circulatory death. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:2424-2436. [PMID: 36576341 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) is used for "extended criteria" donors with poorer kidney transplant outcomes. The French cDCD program started in 2015 and is characterized by normothermic regional perfusion, hypothermic machine perfusion, and short cold ischemia time. We compared the outcomes of kidney transplantation from cDCD and brain-dead (DBD) donors, matching cDCD and DBD kidney transplants by propensity scoring for donor and recipient characteristics. The matching process retained 442 of 499 cDCD and 809 of 6185 DBD transplantations. The DGF rate was 20% in cDCD recipients compared with 28% in DBD recipients (adjusted relative risk [aRR], 1.43; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-1.82). When DBD transplants were ranked by cold ischemia time and machine perfusion use and compared with cDCD transplants, the aRR of DGF was higher for DBD transplants without machine perfusion, regardless of the cold ischemia time (aRR with cold ischemia time <18 h, 1.57; 95% CI 1.20-2.03, vs aRR with cold ischemia time ≥18 h, 1.79; 95% CI 1.31-2.44). The 1-year graft survival rate was similar in both groups. Early outcome was better for kidney transplants from cDCD than from matched DBD transplants with this French protocol.
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- Emilie Savoye
- Agence de la biomédecine, Direction Prélèvement Greffe Organes-Tissus, Saint-Denis La Plaine, France
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- Agence de la biomédecine, Direction Prélèvement Greffe Organes-Tissus, Saint-Denis La Plaine, France
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- Department of Urology, Nantes University Hospital, University of Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Annecy-genevois, Annecy, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- Department of Surgical Anesthesia and Intensive Care, South Paris University hospital, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Groupement Hospitalier Edouard Herriot, Service d'urologie chirurgie de la Transplantation, Lyon, France
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- Agence de la biomédecine, Direction Prélèvement Greffe Organes-Tissus, Saint-Denis La Plaine, France
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- Agence de la biomédecine, Direction Prélèvement Greffe Organes-Tissus, Saint-Denis La Plaine, France
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Richards JA, Roberts JL, Fedotovs A, Paul S, Cottee S, Defries G, Watson CJE, Pettigrew GJ. Outcomes for circulatory death and brainstem death pancreas transplantation with or without use of normothermic regional perfusion. Br J Surg 2021; 108:1406-1408. [PMID: 34155506 PMCID: PMC10364865 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation is the optimum treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes and renal failure, providing survival benefit over deceased donor kidney transplant alone. Here the authors demonstrate that utilization of donation after circulatory death pancreases is a safe approach to expanding the donor pool with equivalent results to donation after brainstem death transplantation. They also demonstrate that pancreas transplantation after normothermic regional perfusion is feasible, but it will require ongoing prospective study to ensure that the benefits seen for liver transplantation do not come at the expense of pancreas transplant outcomes.
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- J A Richards
- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU), University of Cambridge in Collaboration with Newcastle University and in Partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK.,The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Barreda Monteoliva P, Redondo-Pachón D, Miñambres García E, Rodrigo Calabria E. Kidney transplant outcome of expanded criteria donors after circulatory death. Nefrologia 2021; 42:S0211-6995(21)00104-1. [PMID: 34154848 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2021.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The increase in the number of patients on the kidney transplant waiting list has led to an attempt to increase the number of potential donors by incorporating candidates that previously would not have been considered optimal, including donors after cardiac death (DCD) and those with "expanded" criteria (ECD). Recipients of controlled DCD (cDCD) grafts suffer more delayed graft function (DGF), but have a long-term evolution comparable to those of brain-dead donors, which has allowed an increase in the number of cDCD transplants in different countries in recent years. In parallel, the use of cDCD with expanded criteria (cDCD/ECD) has increased in recent years in different countries, allowing the waiting list for kidney transplantation to be shortened. The use of these grafts, although associated with a higher frequency of DGF, offers similar or only slightly lower long-term graft survival than those of brain death donors with expanded criteria. Different studies have observed that cDCD/ECD graft recipients have worse kidney function than cDCD/standard and brain death/ECD. Mortality associated with cDCD/ECD graft transplantation mostly relates to the recipient age. Patients who receive a cDCD/≥60 graft have better survival than those who continue on the waiting list, although this fact has not been demonstrated in recipients of cDCD/>65 years. The use of this type of organ should be accompanied by the optimization of surgical times and the shortest possible cold ischemia.
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- Paloma Barreda Monteoliva
- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla/IDIVAL, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Coordinación de trasplantes, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla/IDIVAL, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla/IDIVAL, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España.
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Nistal JF, Cobo M, Larraz E, Juárez C, Ballesteros MÁ. Heart transplantation from controlled donation after circulatory death using thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage. J Card Surg 2021; 36:3421-3424. [PMID: 34117800 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heart transplantation from controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) may be an option to increase the pool of grafts for transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Initial experiences on cDCDD heart transplantation were based on the direct procurement of the heart followed by preservation with ex situ perfusion devices. Later, the use of thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) has emerged as an option to recover hearts. We present a case of a heart transplant using a graft from controlled donation after circulatory death. Cardiac preservation was performed by postmortem TA-NRP followed by cold storage. Ex situ perfusion device was not used. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION This is one of the first published cases of a controlled donation after circulatory death heart retrieved using only TA-NRP and successfully transplanted.
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- Juan F Nistal
- Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, University of Cantabria, School of Medicine, CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Cardiology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Transplant Coordination Unit and Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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Passamonti SM, Cannavò A, Panigada M, Trunzo V, Bottazzi A, Longobardi A, Buonocore R, Fiorattini A, Torelli R, Piccolo G, De Feo TM. Donation after circulatory death and liver transplantation: a cohort study. Transpl Int 2021; 34:1271-1280. [PMID: 34002900 DOI: 10.1111/tri.13919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Donations after circulatory death (DCD) are still challenging in Italy because of prolonged ischemia time (tWIT) due to the law and logistical issues. This cohort study was primarily aimed at assessing the association between successful transplantation and DCD types in the North Italy Transplant program. Adjusted risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for type III versus type II DCD were estimated using a Poisson regression model with a robust error variance. All consecutive DCD between 2008 and 2020 were included. Among 142 DCD, 102 were eligible for liver donation, and 96 were proposed: 68/69 (99%) and 28/33 (85%) type III and II DCD, respectively. Sixty-nine livers were recovered, 51/68 (75%) from type III and 18/28 (64%) from type II DCD, respectively (RR: 1.18; 95% CI: 0.87-1.60). After ex-vivo perfusion, 50/68 (74%) and 14/28 (50%) livers from type III and type II DCD were transplanted (RR: 1.49; 95% CI: 1.01-2.19). The estimate decreased after further controlling for tWIT (RR: 1.11; 95% CI: 0.55-2.24). Five patients (7.8%) experienced a PNF, 3/50 and 2/14 from type III and type II DCD, respectively. Type III DCD livers were more likely to be transplanted than type II. Warm ischemia time might explain this difference.
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- Serena Maria Passamonti
- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UOC Coordinamento Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Giugni C, Cecchi C, Santucci C, Scuncia G. Is donation after circulatory determination of death feasible for pediatric patients in italy? Pediatr Transplant 2021; 25:e13977. [PMID: 33522647 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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To determine the potential effect of a donation after cardiac death active program on the number of organ donors in a Italian Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). We conducted a retrospective study of all deaths in PICU of an academic Children Hospital between 2012 and 2020, tracing the organ donation activity. Patients were categorized as brain deaths, deaths despite maximal resuscitation, and deaths after withdrawal or limitation of life support. Patient demographics, premortem physiology, end-of-life circumstances, and functional warm ischemia time were recorded. Eligible donors after cardiac death were identified by the absence of medical contraindication and functional warm ischemia time <60 minutes. Of 124 deaths that occurred during the study period, 34 met criteria for brain death, 23 were potential donors, and 13 became actual donors. Of the remaining 90 patients that met criteria for cardiac death, 66 died despite maximal resuscitation, 24 died after withdrawal or limitation of care and between them 13 were identified as theoretically eligible DCD donors. Of these, 5 patients had a functional warm ischemia time of <1 hour and were potential candidates for DCD of 10 kidneys and 2 lungs. Even if few children could have been eligible for DCD in the study period, an active program could have been able to increase the number of potential organ donors by 20% in the last eight years at our institution. DCD deserves to be explored in Italy as a new option for children.
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- Cristina Giugni
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Modine T, Vincent F, Delhaye C, Van Belle E. A dedicated Y-shaped percutaneous ECMO cannula for femoral 2-in-1 vascular access during high-risk procedures. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 97:959-961. [PMID: 33001555 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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High-risk transcatheter procedures requiring hemodynamic support are growing and require multiple vascular access that may be challenging in cases of peripheral artery disease or lack of radial access and exposure to a higher risk of vascular complications. We report the novel utilization of a Y-shaped arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannula used as a single femoral access to perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and aortography during high-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The utilization of this 2-in-1 ECMO cannula may simplify vascular access and reduce vascular and bleeding complications during high-risk ECMO-supported transcatheter procedures.
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- Institut Cœur Poumon, Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology for Coronary, Valves and Structural Heart Diseases, CHU Lille, Lille, France.,Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID, Inserm, U1011, Lille, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lille, Lille, France.,Clinical Trial Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Institut Cœur Poumon, Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology for Coronary, Valves and Structural Heart Diseases, CHU Lille, Lille, France
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- Institut Cœur Poumon, Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology for Coronary, Valves and Structural Heart Diseases, CHU Lille, Lille, France.,Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID, Inserm, U1011, Lille, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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Miñambres E, Royo-Villanova M, Pérez-Redondo M, Coll E, Villar-García S, Canovas SJ, Francisco Nistal J, Garrido IP, Gómez-Bueno M, Cobo M, Dominguez-Gil B. Spanish experience with heart transplants from controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death using thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:1597-1602. [PMID: 33319435 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Heart transplantation from controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) may help to increase the availability of hearts for transplantation. During 2020, four heart transplants were performed at three different Spanish hospitals based on the use of thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) followed by cold storage (CS). All donors were young adults <45 years. The functional warms ischemic time ranged from 8 to 16 minutes. In all cases, the heart recovered sinus rhythm within 1 minute of TA-NRP. TA-NRP was weaned off or decreased <1L within 25 minutes. No recipient required mechanical support after transplantation and all were immediately extubated and discharged home (median hospital stay: 21 days) with an excellent outcome. Four livers, eight kidneys, and two pancreata were also recovered and transplanted. All abdominal grafts recipients experienced an excellent outcome. The use of TA-NRP makes heart transplantation feasible and allows assessing heart function before organ procurement without any negative impact on the preservation of abdominal organs. The use of TA-NRP in cDCDD heart donors in conjunction with cold storage following retrieval can eliminate the need to use ex situ machine perfusion devices, making cDCDD heart transplantation economically possible in other countries.
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- Eduardo Miñambres
- Transplant Coordination Unit & Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Transplant Coordination Unit & Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca. IMIB-Arrixaca Research Institute, Murcia, Spain
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- Transplant Coordination Unit & Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Department, University Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Department, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Medical School, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, University of Cantabria, School of Medicine, CIBERCV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Santander, Spain
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- Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Cardiology Department, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Service of Cardiology, University Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Service of Cardiology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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Manso M, Pacheco-Figueiredo L, Antunes-Lopes T, Pina-Vaz T, Oliveira G, Cruz F, Dinis-Oliveira P, Silva J. Kidney transplantation from donation after circulatory death using abdominal normothermic oxygenated circulation: are the outcomes equivalent? Int Urol Nephrol 2021; 53:1355-1359. [PMID: 33721149 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-021-02832-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To increase the pool of kidneys available for transplantation, a renewed interest in donation after circulatory death (DCD) has emerged. This study aims to determine the outcomes of kidney transplantation from DCD after abdominal normothermic oxygenated circulation (ANOR) support. METHODS From January 2016 to December 2018, 58 kidneys were implanted from uncontrolled DCD after ANOR support. We performed an observational prospective study, assessing graft function and cumulative incidence of surgical complications. A descriptive analysis was conducted. Potential determinants of the outcomes were evaluated, including donor and receptor gender and age, and warm and cold ischemia times. Regression coefficients (β) and odds ratio (OR) were calculated with 95% confidence intervals. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Statistical analysis was accomplished using Stata 11.0 software. RESULTS The median follow-up time was 31.2 months. Delayed graft function (DGF) was evident in 80%, with a mean Cr one month after transplantation of 1.81 mg/dL and 1.33 mg/dL after one year. Primary non-function (PNF) occurred in 5.2% of cases. Male donors were associated with a lower DGF (OR = 0.21, p < 0.05), and a higher donor age was a predictor of poorer graft function at one year (β = - 0.88, p < 0.05). Surgical complications occurred in 31% patients, predominantly vascular. Warm ischemia time superior to 60 min correlated with a higher risk of surgical complications (OR = 11.33, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Kidney transplantation from DCD is a valuable option, allowing an improvement in the balance between patients waiting for a transplant and the available kidneys.
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- Margarida Manso
- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
- School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. HernaniMonteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Domínguez-Gil B, Ascher N, Capron AM, Gardiner D, Manara AR, Bernat JL, Miñambres E, Singh JM, Porte RJ, Markmann JF, Dhital K, Ledoux D, Fondevila C, Hosgood S, Van Raemdonck D, Keshavjee S, Dubois J, McGee A, Henderson GV, Glazier AK, Tullius SG, Shemie SD, Delmonico FL. Expanding controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death: statement from an international collaborative. Intensive Care Med 2021; 47:265-281. [PMID: 33635355 PMCID: PMC7907666 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06341-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (WLST) is derived by a conclusion that further treatment will not enable a patient to survive or will not produce a functional outcome with acceptable quality of life that the patient and the treating team regard as beneficial. Although many hospitalized patients die under such circumstances, controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) programs have been developed only in a reduced number of countries. This International Collaborative Statement aims at expanding cDCDD in the world to help countries progress towards self-sufficiency in transplantation and offer more patients the opportunity of organ donation. The Statement addresses three fundamental aspects of the cDCDD pathway. First, it describes the process of determining a prognosis that justifies the WLST, a decision that should be prior to and independent of any consideration of organ donation and in which transplant professionals must not participate. Second, the Statement establishes the permanent cessation of circulation to the brain as the standard to determine death by circulatory criteria. Death may be declared after an elapsed observation period of 5 min without circulation to the brain, which confirms that the absence of circulation to the brain is permanent. Finally, the Statement highlights the value of perfusion repair for increasing the success of cDCDD organ transplantation. cDCDD protocols may utilize either in situ or ex situ perfusion consistent with the practice of each country. Methods to accomplish the in situ normothermic reperfusion of organs must preclude the restoration of brain perfusion to not invalidate the determination of death.
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, Department of Medicine and Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, The Intensive Care Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Neurology and Medicine, Active Emeritus, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Transplant Coordination Unit and Service of Intensive Care, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- University of Toronto, and Trillium Gift of Life Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sant Vincent'S Hospital, Sidney, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- University Hospitals Leuven and Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Bioethics Research Center, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City, Australia
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- Director of Neurocritical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pediatric Intensive Care, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Medical Advisor, Deceased Donation, Canadian Blood Services, Montreal, Canada
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- Chief Medical Officer, New England Donor Services, 60 1st Ave, Waltham, MA, 02451, USA.
- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
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Aufhauser DD, Foley DP. Beyond Ice and the Cooler: Machine Perfusion Strategies in Liver Transplantation. Clin Liver Dis 2021; 25:179-194. [PMID: 33978577 DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2020.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Machine perfusion (MP) has emerged as a promising preservation technique to reduce the risks associated with transplant of high risk (steatotic, elderly, and donation after circulatory death) hepatic allografts. Multiple strategies for MP are under investigation. MP facilitates assessment of organ viability and enables liver-directed therapy before transplant. Clinical trials suggest MP may improve the use of hepatic allografts, mitigate ischemia-reperfusion injury, and reduce the incidences of early allograft dysfunction, biliary complications, and ischemic cholangiopathy. As MP sees more widespread use outside of trial settings, more investigation will be needed to establish optimal application of this technology.
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- David D Aufhauser
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, MC 7375, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, CSC H5/701, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 52792, USA.
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Casanova D, Gutierrez G, Noriega MG, Castillo F. Complications during multiorgan retrieval and pancreas preservation. World J Transplant 2020; 10:381-391. [PMID: 33437671 PMCID: PMC7769728 DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v10.i12.381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In pancreas transplantation, complications can arise at each step of the process, from the initial selection of donors and recipients through the surgical technique itself and the post-operative period, when lifelong immunosuppression is required. In the early steps, careful retrieval and preservation of the pancreas are crucial for the viability of the organ and ultimate success of the transplant. The pancreas is a low-flow gland, making it highly sensitive to transplantation conditions and presenting risk of pancreatitis due to periods of ischemia. The two groups of donors - after brain death (DBD) or after cardiac arrest (DCD) - require different strategies of retrieval and preservation to avoid or reduce the risk of complications developing during and after the transplantation. For DBD donor transplantation, multiorgan retrieval and cold preservation is the conventional technique. Asystole donor (DCD) transplantation, in contrast, can benefit from the newest technologies, such as hypothermic and especially normothermic preservation machines (referred to as NECMO), to optimize organ preservation. The latter has led to an increase in the pool of donors by facilitating recuperation of organs for transplantation that would have been discarded otherwise.
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- Daniel Casanova
- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, University Cantabria, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander 39008, Cantabria, Spain
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Holmes J, Geen J, Williams JD, Phillips AO. Recurrent acute kidney injury: predictors and impact in a large population-based cohort. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020; 35:1361-1369. [PMID: 31377810 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfz155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study examined the impact of recurrent episodes of acute kidney injury (AKI) on patient outcomes. METHODS The Welsh National electronic AKI reporting system was used to identify all cases of AKI in patients ≥18 years of age between April 2015 and September 2018. Patients were grouped according to the number of AKI episodes they experienced with each patient's first episode described as their index episode. We compared the demography and patient outcomes of those patients with a single AKI episode with those patients with multiple AKI episodes. Analysis included 153 776 AKI episodes in 111 528 patients. RESULTS Of those who experienced AKI and survived their index episode, 29.3% experienced a second episode, 9.9% a third episode and 4.0% experienced fourth or more episodes. Thirty-day mortality for those patients with multiple episodes of AKI was significantly higher than for those patients with a single episode (31.3% versus 24.9%, P < 0.001). Following a single episode, recovery to baseline renal function at 30 days was achieved in 83.6% of patients and was significantly higher than for patients who had repeated episodes (77.8%, P < 0.001). For surviving patients, non-recovery of renal function following any AKI episode was significantly associated with a higher probability of a further AKI episode (33.4% versus 41.0%, P < 0.001). Furthermore, with each episode of AKI the likelihood of a subsequent episode also increased (31.0% versus 43.2% versus 51.2% versus 51.7% following a first, second, third and fourth episode, P < 0.001 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study provide an important contribution to the debate regarding the need for risk stratification for recurrent AKI. The data suggest that such a tool would be useful given the poor patient and renal outcomes associated with recurrent AKI episodes as highlighted by this study.
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- Jennifer Holmes
- Welsh Renal Clinical Network, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Caerphilly, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Merthyr, UK.,Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
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- Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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Pérez Redondo M, Alcántara Carmona S, Villar García S, Forteza Gil A, Villanueva Fernández H, Hernández-Pérez FJ, Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz JL, Velasco Calvo R, Segovia-Cubero J, Alonso Menárguez B, Del Río Gallegos F, Coll E, Domínguez-Gil González B, Rubio Muñoz JJ. Transplantation of a heart donated after circulatory death via thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion and results from the first Spanish case. J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 15:333. [PMID: 33239086 PMCID: PMC7687983 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-020-01372-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has emerged as one of the main strategies for increasing the organ donor pool. Because of the ischemic injury that follows the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies, hearts from cDCD donors have not been considered for transplantation until recently. The ex-situ perfusion of hearts directly procured from cDCD donors has been used to allow the continuous perfusion of the organ and the assessment of myocardial viability prior to transplantation. Based on our experience with abdominal normothermic regional perfusion in cDCD, we designed a protocol to recover and validate hearts from cDCD donors using thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion without the utilization of an ex-situ device. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the first case of a cDCD heart transplant performed with this approach in Spain. The donor was a 43-year-old asthmatic female diagnosed with severe hypoxic encephalopathy. She was considered a potential cDCD donor and a suitable candidate for multiorgan procurement including the heart via thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion. The heart recipient was a 60-year-old male diagnosed with amyloid cardiomyopathy. Cold ischemia time was 55 min. The surgery was uneventful. CONCLUSIONS This case report, the first of its kind in Spain, supports the feasibility of evaluating and successfully transplanting cDCD hearts without the need for ex-situ perfusion based on the use of thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion opening the way for multiorgan donation in cDCD.
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- Marina Pérez Redondo
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine Department of Donor and Transplant Coordination, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Instituto de investigación sanitaria Puerta de Hierro - Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology. Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology. Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
- CIBER cardiovascular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Transplant and Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine Department of Donor and Transplant Coordination, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Instituto de investigación sanitaria Puerta de Hierro - Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain
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Tanaka S, Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz J, Crowley Carrasco S, Romero Román A, Hoyos Mejía L, Manuel NaranjoGómez J, Córdoba Peláez M, Sánchez Calle Á, Gil Barturen M, Pérez Redondo M, García Fadul C, Varela de Ugarte A, Gómez-de-Antonio D. Effect on the donor lungs of using abdominal normothermic regional perfusion in controlled donation after circulatory death. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 59:ezaa398. [PMID: 33225359 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) donors are becoming a common source of organs for transplantation globally. However, the graft survival rate of cDCD abdominal organs is inferior to that of organs from brain-dead donors. The rapid retrieval (RR) technique is used by most donor organ procurement teams. The abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP) technique has been implemented to minimize warm ischaemic damage to the abdominal organs. However, there is limited information on the effect of A-NRP on the quality of the donor lungs. This study aimed to compare lung transplantation outcomes using lungs procured from cDCD donors using the A-NRP and abdominal RR techniques. METHODS A single-centre retrospective analysis of consecutive transplant recipients of cDCD lungs from June 2013 to December 2019 was performed. The recipients were divided into 2 cohorts according to the abdominal procurement technique used. The recipient and donor characteristics (age, sex, cause of brain injury, warm ischaemic time, diagnosis, lung allocation score and other factors), incidence of primary graft dysfunction and early survival were monitored. RESULTS Twenty-eight consecutive lung transplantation recipients were identified (median age 59 years; 61% male); 14 recipients received lungs using the A-NRP and 14 using abdominal RR for abdominal organ retrieval. There were no significant differences in the baseline characteristics, primary graft dysfunction (P = 0.70), hospital mortality (P = 1.0) and 1-year survival rate (P = 1.0) between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS No difference was observed in lung transplantation outcomes irrespective of the abdominal organ procurement technique used (A-NRP or abdominal RR).
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- Shin Tanaka
- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion Versus Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Liver Transplantation From Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death: First International Comparative Study. Ann Surg 2020; 272:751-758. [PMID: 32833758 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare HOPE and NRP in liver transplantation from cDCD. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Liver transplantation after cDCD is associated with higher rates of graft loss. Dynamic preservation strategies such as NRP and HOPE may offer safer use of cDCD grafts. METHODS Retrospective comparative cohort study assessing outcomes after cDCD liver transplantation in 1 Swiss (HOPE) and 6 French (NRP) centers. The primary endpoint was 1-year tumor-death censored graft and patient survival. RESULTS A total of 132 and 93 liver grafts were transplanted after NRP and HOPE, respectively. NRP grafts were procured from younger donors (50 vs 61 years, P < 0.001), with shorter functional donor warm ischemia (22 vs 31 minutes, P < 0.001) and a lower overall predicted risk for graft loss (UK-DCD-risk score 6 vs 9 points, P < 0.001). One-year tumor-death censored graft and patient survival was 93% versus 86% (P = 0.125) and 95% versus 93% (P = 0.482) after NRP and HOPE, respectively. No differences in non-anastomotic biliary strictures, primary nonfunction and hepatic artery thrombosis were observed in the total cohort and in 32 vs. 32 propensity score-matched recipients CONCLUSION:: NRP and HOPE in cDCD achieved similar post-transplant recipient and graft survival rates exceeding 85% and comparable to the benchmark values observed in standard DBD liver transplantation. Grafts in the HOPE cohort were procured from older donors and had longer warm ischemia times, and consequently achieved higher utilization rates. Therefore, randomized controlled trials with intention-to-treat analysis are needed to further compare both preservation strategies, especially for high-risk donor-recipient combinations.
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Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Donation After Circulatory Death: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal. Transplantation 2020; 104:1776-1791. [PMID: 32541563 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (aNRP) for donation after circulatory death is an emerging organ preservation technique that might lead to increased organ utilization per donor by facilitating viability testing, improving transplant outcome by early reversal of ischemia, and decreasing the risk of unintentional surgical damage. The aim of the current review is to evaluate the recent literature on the added value of aNRP when compared to local standard perfusion technique. METHODS The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline for systematic reviews was used, and relevant literature databases were searched. Primary outcomes were organ utilization rate and patient and graft survival after 1 year. Secondary outcomes included delayed graft function, primary nonfunction, serum creatinine, and biliary complications. RESULTS A total of 24 articles were included in this review. The technique is unanimously reported to be feasible and safe, but the available studies are characterized by considerable heterogeneity and bias. CONCLUSIONS Uniform reported outcome measures are needed to draw more definitive conclusions on transplant outcomes and organ utilization. A randomized controlled trial comparing aNRP with standard procurement technique in donation after circulatory death donors would be needed to show the added value of the procedure and determine its place among modern preservation techniques.
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