[Declined Liver Grafts - Analysis of the German Donor Population from 2010 to 2018].

CONCLUSION:  Despite the consistent organ scarcity in Germany, a relevant amount of livers cannot be transplanted due to a multitude of organ quality limitations. This should stimulate the search for concepts such as normothermic ex vivo machine perfusion to evaluate, protect and potentially improve organ quality.
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie - August 23, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Moosburner S, Raschzok N, Schleicher C, Bösebeck D, Gaßner JMGV, Ritschl PV, Rahmel A, Sauer IM, Pratschke J Tags: Z Gastroenterol Source Type: research