Artificial circulation of the liver: Machine perfusion as a preservation method in liver transplantation KU Leuven
Due to the sharp increase in liver transplant candidates and the subsequent shortage of suitable donor livers, an extension of the current donor criteria is necessary. Simple cold storage, the current standard in organ preservation has proven to be insufficient to preserve extended criteria donor livers. Therefore a renewed interest grew toward alternative methods for liver preservation:, such as hypothermic machine perfusion and normothermic ...