title: Abdominal regional in-situ perfusion in donation after circulatory determination of death donors.
abstract: Provide an overview regarding the current state of abdominal regional perfusion (ARP) in donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD) organ transplantation, including the principles behind how ARP functions and the most recent results of its clinical application.
  
  
  
  ARP has been applied clinically in DCD at both hypothermic and normothermic temperatures. The use of hypothermic perfusion has primarily been limited to DCD kidney transplantation, whereas normothermic regional perfusion has been used to improve and assess the quality of DCD kidneys, livers, and even a handful of pancreata for transplantation. Results of recent single-center series reflect acceptable rates of early graft function and survival using grafts that might have otherwise been discarded.
  
  
  
  ARP is an important form of donor maintenance that helps improve DCD organ viability and may help expand the applicability of transplantation using organs arising through this process.
authors.affiliation: General and Digestive Surgery, Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques (IMDiM), Hospital Clínic, CIBERehd, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Amelia J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hessheimer
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García-Valdecasas
authors.forename: Constantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fondevila
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D003643:Death; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014022:Tissue Survival; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*