Comorbidities and Age in Brain-Dead Donors and Liver Transplantation: A 15-Year Retrospective Investigation.

CONCLUSIONS: According to our results, criteria for liver donors have already changed. Although age does not seem to be a limiting factor, older donors deserve a more accurate donor selection due to the higher incidence of risk factors (primarily diabetes mellitus).
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Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - November 12, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Lazzeri C, Bonizzoli M, Ghinolfi D, De Simone P, Pezzati D, Rreka E, Bombardi M, Migliaccio ML, Peris A Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research