Abstract
IntroductionGrafts from donation after cardiac death (DCD) will greatly contribute to the expand the donor pool. However, these grafts may require the development of the preservation methods because of primary nonfunction and severe ischemic bile duct injury. MethodsPorcine livers were perfused with a newly developed machine perfusion (MP) system. Each system for the portal vein or the hepatic artery had a roller pump, a flow meter, and a pressure sensor. The livers were perfused with University of Wisconsin (UW)-gluconate at 4°C–6°C for 3 hours after 2 hours simple cold storage (CS). The portal vein flow rate was 0.5 mL/min/g liver (pressure, 10 mm Hg) and the hepatic artery flow rate was 0.2 mL/min/g liver (pressure, 30 mm Hg). Orthotopic liver transplantation was performed in pigs comparing Group 1 (n = 4) procured after acute hemorrhagic shock preserved by MP, Group 2 (n = 3) procured after warm ischemia time (WIT) of 30 minutes with CS preservation, and Group 3 (n = 4) procured with 30 minutes of WIT and MP preservation. ResultsCollected effluent aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels in the perfusion solution and serum AST and LDH were significantly lower in Group 1. AST and LDH results were lower in Group 3 than Group 2. Survival rates in Groups 1 and 3 were 3/4, but 0/3 in Group 2. ConclusionMP preservation was a useful promising preservation mode for DCD liver grafts.
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