Technical problems in shipped hepatic allografts: the UCL experience.
Due to developments in surgical techniques and organ preservation, the shipping of renal and extrarenal organs is becoming increasingly more frequent. During the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1992, 39 of 180 (21%) implanted liver allografts were shipped to our center by local harvesting teams. The fact that each of nine livers (23.1%) presented with minor and major (vascular and parenchymatous) problems stresses the need for better surgical training and standardization in procurement techniques. The introduction of a liver allograft feedback report could be an easy way to perform quality control.
Lerut
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Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospitals St-Luc, Catholic University Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Reding
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de Ville de Goyet
J
J
Baranski
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Barker
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A
Otte
J B
JB
D001530:Belgium; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000637:transplantation; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000592:standards*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014186:Transportation