Liver Transplantation from Voluntary Organ Donor System in China: A Comparison between DBD and DCD Liver Transplants.
Wei ChenDipesh Kumar YadavXueli BaiJianying LouRisheng QueShunliang GaoGuogang LiTao MaJi WangBingfeng HuangJianpeng ShengPublished in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2019)
Although the sample size was small to some extent, this single-center study first reported that LT from DCD donors showed similar short- and long-term outcomes with DBD donors and justified the widespread implementation of voluntary citizen-based deceased organ donation in China. However, the results should be verified with a multicenter larger study.