title: Continuous monitoring of the liver graft temperature: relationship between bacterial contamination of the perfusion fluid and early outcome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A potential mechanism of the infection would be an infected donor, contamination at the time of the infusion and/or packaging, back-table procedure, and finally during the transplantation, all are potential sources of infection. The aim of our study is to analyze the incidence and significance of infection in the preservation solution according with the graft temperature. The second aim was to analyze the impact graft temperature on the clinical infections and the ischemia reperfusion injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen donors were prospectively included in this study, including 9 males and 7 females. The liver graft temperature monitoring shows variation in four different phases: at the harvesting beginning, before the graft packaging, at the beginning of the backtable, at the end of the backtable.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no correlation between the functionality of the graft and the temperature of the perfusion fluid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, we did not found a correlation between graft temperature, culture of the preservation solution and early post-transplant follow up.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Levi Sandri
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto Luca
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Meniconi
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colasanti
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guglielmo
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Werra
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mascianà
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tortorelli
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Mirco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burocchi
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campanelli
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scotti
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical, "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ubaldo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Visco-Comandini
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lepiane
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vennarecci
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ettorre
keywords: Graft temperature; infection; ischemia reperfusion injury; perfusion fluid