Combined team effort in liver procurement and transplantation: 5-year experience of one organ procurement organization.
Combined team effort in liver procurement and transplantation has proven to be very advantageous as compared to same team effort in our experience. The incidence of primary nonfunction was almost identical between the two groups. We recommend that a combined team effort be used in liver transplantation to conserve the resources and ensure the safety of the transplant team. The practice of only a single local recovery team for all abdominal organ procurement should be encouraged.
Yang
S L
SL
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Smolinski
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S
Abrams
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J
Nathan
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D003691:Delaware; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009515:New Jersey; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*