Internal and external validation of indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate to discard liver grafts before procurement.
Sergio CorteseKatherine PluaAlejandro José Pérez-AlonsoMaría Savoie HontoriaDavid Pacheco SánchezNatalia Zambudio CarrollManuel Ángel Barrera GómezJosé María Pérez PeñaAlvaro Gregorio Morales TaboadaFernández-Martínez MaríaSergio Hernández KakauridzeAna María MatillaJosé Ángel López BaenaJosé Manuel AsencioPublished in: Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery (2024)
ICG clearance test performed in DBD was internally and externally validated to predict liver graft discard. It could be used as a screening tool before donation to avoid unnecessary costs of travel and human resources.