Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion of Liver Grafts: Preliminary Experience in a Single Center.

The need to maximize the use of donor organs and the issue of ischemia-reperfusion injury led to the use of thermoregulated oxygenated machine perfusion that improves the function of liver graft prior to transplantation. Among these methods, the HOPE (hypothermic oxygenated perfusion) protocol shows significant benefits. The aim of the paper is to analyze the early experience in using such procedure in a high-volume liver transplantation center.