Effects of Graft Quality on Non-Urgent Liver Retransplantation Survival: Should We Avoid High-Risk Donors?

@article{Mart2012EffectsOG,
  title={Effects of Graft Quality on Non-Urgent Liver Retransplantation Survival: Should We Avoid High-Risk Donors?},
  author={Josep Mart{\'i} and Josep Fuster and Miquel Navasa and Joana Ferrer and Antoni Rimola and Amalia Pelegrina and Constantino Fondevila and Juan Carlos Garc{\'i}a‐Valdecasas},
  journal={World Journal of Surgery},
  year={2012},
  volume={36},
  pages={2914-2922}
}
BackgroundFew studies have studied the effects of graft quality on non-urgent liver retransplantation (ReLT) outcomes. We aimed to analyze graft characteristics and survival in non-urgent ReLT and the effect of using grafts with extended criteria on survival.MethodsEighty non-urgent ReLT were performed from June 1988 to June 2010. The whole series was divided by identical time periods to study time-related effects. We assessed graft quality with donor risk index (DRI) and Briceño scores and… 
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