Organ Procurement in the Brain Dead Donors Without In Vivo Cold Perfusion: A Novel Technique.

Introduction: We describe our technique of ex vivo organ perfusion and procurement in donation after deceased brain death (DBD) donors.

Material And Methods: This technique comprises warm dissection of liver, kidneys, and heart, in hemodynamically stable DBD donors and perfusing them ex vivo. The cardiac and abdominal dissection can take place simultaneously.

Evolution of a reliable biliary reconstructive technique in 400 consecutive living donor liver transplants.

Background: Biliary complications (BCs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). They occur because the graft hepatic ducts are often small, thin walled, multiple, and may become ischemic during transection.

Study Design: Of the 460 LDLTs done at our center before November 2009, the first 402 partial liver grafts had at least 3 months of follow-up.