Liver Transplant Using Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Patients With High-Acuity Illness

JAMA Surg. 2024 Oct 30:e244101. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4101. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Samer S Ebaid¹, Francesca A Kimelman¹, Koki Maeda¹, Christopher S Chandler¹, Vatche G Agopian¹, Douglas G Farmer¹, Fady M Kaldas¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles.

PMID: 39475867
PMCID: PMC11581712 (available on 2025-10-30)
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4101

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Plain language summary

This case-control study compares outcomes of normothermic machine perfusion vs static cold storage used in liver transplant for complex patients.