Based on the continuous increase of donor risk, with a majority of organs classified as
marginal, quality assessment and prediction of liver function is of utmost importance. This is …

Although the utilization of donation after circulatory death donors (DCDs) for liver
transplantation (LT) has increased steadily, much controversy remains, and no common …

Importance Differences in local organ supply and demand have introduced geographic
inequities in the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score–based liver allocation …

Background & Aims Women are significantly less likely than men to receive a liver transplant
and more likely to die on the waitlist. We investigated potential reasons for these disparities …

Background & Aims Death rates on liver transplant waiting lists range from 5%–25%. Herein,
we report a unique experience with 50 anonymous individuals who volunteered to address …

Background Over 85% of US centers adhere to practice guidelines that consider morbid
obesity to be a contraindication to liver transplantation (LT). The relationship of morbid …

Importance Under the current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidelines, there is
incentivization to optimize posttransplant outcomes regardless of mortality among patients …

The imbalance between organ supply and demand continues to limit the broader benefits of
organ transplantation. Machine perfusion (MP) may increase the supply of donor livers by …

Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation is associated with adverse outcomes after
pediatric liver transplant. We sought to determine if this relationship varies by transplant …

Organ procurement organization (OPO) performance is generally evaluated by the number
of organ procurement procedures divided by the number of eligible deaths (donation after …