Surgical issues in retrieval and implantation

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 May 2;78(5):266-272. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.5.266.

Abstract

With increasing demand for organ transplantation and patients deteriorating or dying on the waiting list, organs are now being increasingly used from donors previously considered too marginal. This requires improvements to donor management during the retrieval process, and of the organ during transport and subsequent implantation, in order to maintain outcomes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Death / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Organ Preservation / methods*
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement*
  • United Kingdom
  • Waiting Lists*