Advances in donor sources for liver transplantation / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Liver transplantation is a standard therapy for end-stage liver disease. The shortage of donor has greatly tethered the development of liver transplantation. With the use of living donors, we actually solved some problems. Nevertheless, cadaveric liver transplantation still accounts for the vast majority of liver donors. In recent years, technological innovations, including surgical methods and mechanical perfusion, have enabled the clinical realization of " multi-purpose liver" and increased graft survival rate. " Marginal donor" transplantation is a reliable way to expand the donor pool, which depends on the evaluation and maintenance of the donor liver.This review will describe the source of donors for liver transplantation and the way to expand donor pool.