The average age of liver transplant donors and recipients has increased over the years.
Independent of the cause of liver disease, older candidates have more comorbidities, higher …

Liver transplantation is a life-saving therapy to correct liver failure, portal hypertension and
hepatocellular carcinoma arising from hepatitis C infection. But despite the successful use of …

The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors may provide a valuable source of
organs for liver transplantation. Concerns regarding primary nonfunction (PNF) and …

In 2006, derivation of the donor risk index (DRI) highlighted the importance of donor factors
for successful liver transplantation. Over the last decade, the DRI has served as a useful …

The age of liver donors has been increasing in the past several years because of a donor
shortage. In the United States, 33% of donors are age 50 years or older, as are more than …

This article is a review of the salient points and a future prospective based on the 2014
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/Scientific Registry of Transplant …

The variable impact of specific risk factors on survival outcomes based on pre-
transplantation diagnosis was analyzed in adult liver transplant recipients reported to the …

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS: Recurrent HCV-cirrhosis occurs in a substantial proportion of
transplant recipients, with higher rates reported in patients who had recently received a …

Objective: To investigate the influence of donor age on recipient outcome after living-donor
partial liver transplantation (LDLT). Background: Donor age is a well-known prognostic …

A controversy exists over whether the outcome of a hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐infection‐related
liver transplant differs based on the calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) used. We have performed a …