title: Deceased donor organ procurement injuries in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the incidence of surgical injury during deceased donor organ procurements.
  
  
  METHODS
  Organ damage was classified into three tiers, from 1-3, with the latter rendering the organ non-transplantable. For 12 consecutive months starting in January of 2014, 36 of 58 organ procurement organization's (OPO)'s prospectively submitted quality data regarding organ damage (as reported by the transplanting surgeon and confirmed by the OPO medical director) seen on the procured organ.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These 36 OPOs recovered 5401 of the nations's 8504 deceased donors for calendar year 2014. A total of 19043 organs procured were prospectively analyzed. Of this total, 59 organs sustained damage making them non-transplantable (0 intestines; 4 pancreata; 5 lungs; 6 livers; 43 kidneys). The class 3 damage was spread over 22 (of 36) reporting OPO's.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While damage to the procured organ is rare with organ loss being approximately 0.3% of procured organs, loss of potential transplantable organs does occur during procurement.
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Tim E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Taber
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Nikole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Neidlinger
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Muhammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mujtaba
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Elling E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Eidbo
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Roxane L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cauwels
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Tim E Taber, Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
authors.forename: Anil S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Paramesh
keywords: Deceased donations; Organ injury; Organ procurement; Organ procurement organization; Organ transplantation