Erschienen in:
01.07.2011 | Invited Commentary
Liver Allografts from Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Donors may be Transplanted with Good Outcome
verfasst von:
Anya Adair, James Powell
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 7/2011
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Excerpt
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]. …