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May OPO Perfusion Expand Liver Use?

Portable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion initiated by organ procurement organizations was associated with favorable outcomes using higher-risk donor livers.

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    Portable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HMP-O2) was evaluated for liver transplants.

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    100% patient and graft survival at a median follow-up of 449 days.

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    67% of donors were donation-after-circulatory-death donors.

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    Early post-transplant complications were minimal.

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    Outcomes were consistent regardless of donor types.

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    Challenges included small sample size and single-center design.

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    Study funded by Organ Recovery Systems with authors having consulting relationships.

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May OPO Perfusion Expand Liver Use?

  • by Andrea Surnit

  • April 13, 2026

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