Donor eligibility criteria and liver graft acceptance criteria during normothermic regional perfusion: A systematic review
Ivo J. Schurink, Fenna E. M. Leemkolk, Constantino Fondevila, Riccardo De Carlis, Eric Savier, Gabriel C. Oniscu, Volkert A. L. Huurman, Jeroen Jonge – 22 May 2022 – Acceptance of liver grafts from donations after circulatory death (DCD) largely remains a “black box,” particularly due to the unpredictability of the agonal phase. Abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (aNRP) can reverse ischemic injury early during the procurement procedure, and it simultaneously enables graft viability testing to unravel this black box.