Declined Organs for Liver Transplantation: A Right Decision or a Missed Opportunity for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
Vladimir J LozanovskiSaid AdigozalovElias KhajehOmid GhamarnejadEhsan AminizadehChristina SchleicherThilo HackertBeat Peter Müller-StichUta MerleSusanne PicardiFrederike LundDe-Hua ChangMarkus MiethHamidreza FonouniMohammad GolrizArianeb MehrabiPublished in: Cancers (2023)
Most organs were declined because of poor organ quality. Donor-recipient matching at time of allocation and organ preservation must be improved by allocating maEDC grafts using individualized algorithms that avoid high-risk donor-recipient combinations and unnecessary organ declination.