Comparing Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death Versus Donation After Brain Death in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Malcolm Wells; Kris Croome; Toni Janik; Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro; Natasha Chandok

doi:10.1155/2014/421451

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2014)

Comparing Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death Versus Donation After Brain Death in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Malcolm Wells,
Kris Croome,
Toni Janik,
Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro,
Natasha Chandok

Affiliations

Malcolm Wells: Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
Kris Croome: Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
Toni Janik: Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro: Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
Natasha Chandok: Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/421451
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 2
pp. 103 – 108

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation (LT) using organs donated after cardiac death (DCD) is increasing due, in large part, to a shortage of organs. The outcome of using DCD organs in recipients with hepatits C virus (HCV) infection remains unclear due to the limited experience and number of publications addressing this issue.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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