Outcome of Liver Transplant Patients With High Urgent Priority: Are We Doing the Right Thing?

Background: About 15% of liver transplantations (LTs) in Eurotransplant are currently performed in patients with a high-urgency (HU) status. Patients who have acute liver failure (ALF) or require an acute retransplantation can apply for this status. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of this prioritization.

Higher retransplantation rate following extended right split-liver transplantation: An analysis from the eurotransplant liver follow-up registry.

Split-liver transplantation has been perceived as an important strategy to increase the supply of liver grafts by creating 2 transplants from 1 allograft. The Eurotransplant Liver Allocation System (ELAS) envisages that the extended right lobes (ERLs) after splitting (usually in the pediatric center) are almost exclusively shipped to a second center. Whether the ELAS policy impacts the graft and patient survival of extended right lobe transplantation (ERLT) in comparison to whole liver transplantation (WLT) recipients remains unclear.

Why offered pancreases are refused in the allocation process-a descriptive study using routine data from eurotransplant.

Background: The majority of pancreases, offered in allocation, are discarded. This pancreas underutilization is not well understood yet.

Methods: We analyzed the detailed allocation protocols of all Eurotransplant-registered German whole-pancreas donors (2005-2009; n=1758).