2016
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24450
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Liver transplant using octogenarian donors

Abstract: We read with interest the article from Ghinolfi et al. (1) about the risk of ischemic-type biliary lesions using octogenarian grafts. In this study, the authors show favorable results with accurately selected very old donors.In Europe, life expectancy has risen at a steady pace of 2.5 years per decade for a century and a half, (2,3) piercing inexorably all the life-span ceilings predicted over time by scientists, and nowadays, the ultimate limit to human age is unforeseeable. If death occurs in increasingly ol… Show more

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“…These features are currently accepted more and more often in an effort to fill the gap between available organs and patients on the waitlist [4]. Particularly, a linear increase in donor age has been observed, which could nonetheless be associated with a higher risk of ischemic-type biliary lesions [5,6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These features are currently accepted more and more often in an effort to fill the gap between available organs and patients on the waitlist [4]. Particularly, a linear increase in donor age has been observed, which could nonetheless be associated with a higher risk of ischemic-type biliary lesions [5,6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%