[Influence of donor age and recipient gender on survival in transplantation due to hepatocarcinoma].
Hepatocarcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent indications for liver transplantation. Survival in patients undergoing transplantation due to HCC is similar to that in patients undergoing this procedure for other indications. However, the current shortage of donors has led to longer waiting lists with a consequent risk of tumor progression. The use of older donors in these patients could increase the donor pool and shorten the time spent on the waiting list. We analyzed the influence of donor age on survival in 78 patients with HCC who underwent transplantation in the Santiago de Compostela Hospital between 1994 and 2003.
Rodríguez-Framil
Montserrat
M
Servicio de Medicina Interna-Unidad de Hepatología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, España. mrodfra@yahoo.es
Otero-Antón
Esteban
E
Tomé-Martínez de Rituerto
Santiago
S
González-Quintela
Arturo
A
Fernández-Castroagudín
Javier
J
Varo-Pérez
Evaristo
E
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014019:Tissue Donors