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Journal Article
The clinical consequences of utilizing donation after cardiac death liver grafts into hepatitis C recipients
2011
Overview
Chronic liver failure from hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains the leading indication for liver transplantation (LT). Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are becoming a more frequent source of liver grafts. Hepatitis C recipients of standard donation after brain death (DBD) allografts may have inferior long-term results, and more so when expanded criteria organs are used. Given the nature of DCD grafts, a focus on the consequences to HCV recipients is of major importance. We analyzed the graft outcomes in HCV and non-HCV liver transplant recipients of DCD grafts.
Results
21 patients underwent LT using a DCD grafts (9 HCV, 12 non-HCV) the donor body mass index and age was similar in both groups. One non-HCV recipient was retransplanted for primary non-function (PNF 8%). Biliary complications occurred in 22% (2/9) of the HCV group, 50% (6/12) in the non-HCV group (
p
= 0.21). After a mean of 19 months follow up, excellent patient and graft survival was seen in the non-HCV recipients of DCD grafts (100 and 92%, respectively). These outcomes were numerically less in HCV recipients (78, 67%). In the HCV recipients of DCD grafts, 33% (3/9) suffered graft loss, two from fatal aggressive fibrosing cholestatic (FCH) HCV and one due to ischemic cholangiopathy.
Conclusion
Although a statistically significant difference in patient/graft survival for HCV and non-HCV recipients of DCD organs was not shown, it is clear that more dire consequences exist for HCV recipients of DCD grafts, highlighting the need for larger data sets for evaluating this patient population
Publisher
Springer-Verlag,Springer Nature B.V
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