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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 7/2011

01-07-2011 | Invited Commentary

Liver Allografts from Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Donors may be Transplanted with Good Outcome

Authors: Anya Adair, James Powell

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 7/2011

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During an era where the demand for liver transplantation far exceeds the number of deceased donors, the use of extended-criteria allografts with an increased risk of transmission of disease is justified if it can be demonstrated that their use is associated with satisfactory short- and long-term outcomes. The article by Burr et al. [1] supports the contention of many transplant surgeons that liver allografts from donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV+) can be successfully used for transplantation [2, 3]. …
Literature
1.
Burr AT, Li Y, Tseng JF, et al (2011) Survival after liver transplantation using hepatitis C virus-positive donor allografts: case-controlled analysis of the UNOS database. World J Surg Mar 8 (Epub ahead of print). doi:10.​1007/​s00268-011-1019-5
2.
Marroquin CE, Marino G, Kuo PC et al (2001) Transplantation of hepatitis C-positive livers in hepatitis C-positive patients is equivalent to transplanting hepatitis C-negative livers. Liver Transpl 7:762–768PubMedCrossRef
3.
Northup PG, Argo CK, Nguyen DT et al (2010) Liver allografts from hepatitis C positive donors can offer good outcomes in hepatitis C positive recipients: a US National Transplant Registry analysis. Transpl Int 23:1038–1044PubMedCrossRef
4.
Khapra AP, Agarwal K, Fiel MI et al (2006) Impact of donor age on survival and fibrosis progression in patients with hepatitis C undergoing liver transplantation using HCV+ allografts. Liver Transpl 12:1496–1503PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Liver Allografts from Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Donors may be Transplanted with Good Outcome
Authors
Anya Adair
James Powell
Publication date
01-07-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 7/2011
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1107-6

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