Machine perfusion of the liver and bioengineering

A Schlegel, H Mergental, C Fondevila, RJ Porte… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing number of accepted candidates on waiting lists worldwide, there is an
urgent need to expand the number and the quality of donor livers. Dynamic preservation …

[HTML][HTML] A multicenter randomized-controlled trial of hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) for human liver grafts before transplantation

A Schlegel, M Mueller, X Muller, J Eden… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Machine perfusion is a novel method intended to optimize livers before
transplantation. However, its effect on morbidity within a 1-year period after transplantation …

Viability testing during liver preservation

D Patrono, C Lonati, R Romagnoli - Current Opinion in Organ …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
MP adds a further element of complexity in the process of assessing the quality of a liver
graft. Understanding the physiology of the parameters included in the different assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion in extended criteria donor liver transplantation—a randomized clinical trial

M Ravaioli, G Germinario, G Dajti, M Sessa… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) of the liver can reduce the incidence of early
allograft dysfunction (EAD) and failure in extended criteria donors (ECD) grafts, although …

Machine perfusion techniques for liver transplantation-A meta-analysis of the first seven randomized-controlled trials

A Parente, F Tirotta, A Pini, J Eden, D Dondossola… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Machine perfusion is increasingly being tested in clinical
transplantation. Despite this, the number of large prospective clinical trials remains limited …

Portable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion for organ preservation in liver transplantation: A randomized, open-label, clinical trial

GG Panayotova, KE Lunsford, RC Quillin III, A Rana… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions: HMP-O 2 demonstrates safety and noninferior efficacy for liver graft
preservation in comparison to SCS. Early allograft failure by L-GrAFT 7 was lower in HMP-O …

Viability assessment and transplantation of fatty liver grafts using end‐ischemic normothermic machine perfusion

D Patrono, R De Carlis, A Gambella… - Liver …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
End‐ischemic viability testing by normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) represents an
effective strategy to recover liver grafts having initially been discarded for liver …

Effects of machine perfusion strategies on different donor types in liver transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Liang, W Cheng, P Cao, S Cai, L Zhang… - … Journal of Surgery, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: The increasing use of extended criteria donors (ECD) sets higher requirements
for graft preservation. Machine perfusion (MP) improves orthotopic liver transplantation …

Machine perfusion for extended criteria donor livers: what challenges remain?

J Widmer, J Eden, MF Carvalho, P Dutkowski… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Based on the renaissance of dynamic preservation techniques, extended criteria donor
(ECD) livers reclaimed a valuable eligibility in the transplantable organ pool. Being more …

Extracellular vesicles in liver transplantation: current evidence and future challenges

N De Stefano, A Calleri, AC Faini… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging as a promising field of research in liver disease.
EVs are small, membrane-bound vesicles that contain various bioactive molecules, such as …