Development of the Eurotransplant Discard Risk Index to Predict Acceptance of Livers for Transplantation: A Retrospective Database Analysis

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.PMID:34812707 | DOI:10.6002/ect.2021.0228

Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - November 23, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Jacob D de Boer Hein Putter Joris J Blok Nouvel A Cambridge Simen D van den Berg Serge Vogelaar Gabriela Berlakovich Markus Guba Andries E Braat E L I A C Advisory Committee Source Type: research