Improving the Waiting List by Using 75-Year-Old Donors for Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Pushing the donor limits: Deceased donor liver transplantation using organs from octogenarian donors

“…In fact, with the growing use of elderly donors due to the unacceptable death rate in waiting lists, more favorable results have been demonstrated in recent studies using organs from donors older than 60, 70, and even 80 years of age …”

Transplantation With Livers From Deceased Donors Older Than 75 Years

“…Even though the age-related changes in older livers mentioned above theoretically could have impact on outcome after LT, there is mounting evidence that using senescent donors, even beyond 80 years of age, can have very good outcomes almost comparable or equivalent to younger donors. Early studies on the use of geriatric liver donors showed divergent results regarding GS, and most of these studies were confined to relatively short follow-up periods with 1-and 3-year survival-figures 176,181,[184][185][186][187][188][189][190][191][192][193][194] . In a study from 2002, Cuende et al published 5year GS as low as 51% 195 .…”