G. Fallani , G. Radi , A. Stocco , B. Berti , S. Togni , E. Cordella , M. Serenari , E. Prosperi , A. Laurenzi , F. Odaldi , C. Zanfi , A. Siniscalchi , M.C. Morelli , M. Cescon , M. Ravaioli
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A journey from marginality to routine and beyond: single center experience with DCD utilization for liver transplantation in Italy
Background
Donation after cardiovascular determination of death (DCD) has expanded the donor pool in liver transplantation but historically showed inferior outcomes due to prolonged donor warm ischemia time (DWIT). Despite improvements in donor management and transplant outcomes, Italy’s prolonged asystolic periods pose a higher transplant risk. This study evaluates trends in DCD liver transplantation at a high-volume Italian center, assessing donor and recipient profiles as well as reconditioning strategies over time.
Methods
This prospective study included adult recipients of DCD liver transplants from 2016 to 2023. Post-transplant outcomes, donor characteristics, and recipient profiles were compared between two periods (2016–2021 vs. 2022–2023).
Results
Seventy-five patients were included. Recipients in the later period had more severe liver disease (39.1% vs. 17.2% Child-Pugh C, p=0.045) and higher risk scores. Donors in the later period were older (median 72 vs. 62 years, p=0.022), more often characterized as extended criteria and had higher Donor Risk Index and EuroTransplant Donor Risk Index; additionally, transplants in the later period underwent longer HOPE and shorter ischemia times. Despite increasing donor- and recipient-related risk factors, rates of graft dysfunction, retransplantation, and survival remained stable. Donor- and recipient-related risk scores showed a linear correlation with time since DCD program’s inception; also HOPE duration increased and ischemia decreased linearly with time.
Conclusions
Donor and recipient risk profiles have increased over time with accumulated experience. With more extensive and effective reconditioning strategies, post-transplant outcomes remained stable demonstrating the feasibility of expanding DCD utilization even in the high-risk Italian setting.
期刊介绍:
Digestive and Liver Disease is an international journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. It is the official journal of Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF); Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP); Italian Association for Digestive Endoscopy (SIED); Italian Association for Hospital Gastroenterologists and Digestive Endoscopists (AIGO); Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE); Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SIGENP) and Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IG-IBD).
Digestive and Liver Disease publishes papers on basic and clinical research in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology.
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