Using old liver grafts for liver transplantation: Where are the limits?

Table 1 Series of orthotopic liver transplantation with liver grafts > 60 or > 65 years old

Ref.	Cases > 60 or > 65 yr (n)	Donor mean age (yr)	Cold ischemic time (h)	Recipient mean age (yr)	Primary non-function	Patient survival (yr)	Graft survival (yr)
Marino et al[12]	54 > 60	65.2	12.8	53.8		2-yr: 62%	2-yr: 43%
Washburn et al[106]	29 > 60	63.7	10.6		6.7%	1-yr: 58.6%	1-yr: 44.8%
Grande et al[107]	40 > 60	68	6.5		5%	1-yr: 82%	1-yr: 77%
						5-yr: 75%	5-yr: 66%
Rodríguez et al[22]	100 > 60	69	4.1	54	1%	1-yr: 82%	1-yr: 77.8%
						5-yr: 74.5%	5-yr: 71.4%
Neipp et al[111]	67 > 60	65	10.3	49	12%	1-yr: 79%	1-yr: 68%
						5-yr: 62%	5-yr: 53%
Moore et al[20]	35 > 60					5-yr: 48%	5-yr: 35%
Anderson et al[15]	91 > 60			54	3.3%	1-yr: 86.8%	1-yr: 82.4%
						5-yr: 67.6%	5-yr: 62.5%
Rauchfuss et al[110]	54 > 65		8.4			1-yr: 70%	1-yr: 70%
Martins et al[81]	50 > 65	73.9	7.3	57.6	4%	1-yr: 78%
Jiménez-Romero et al[55]	125 > 60	69.1	6.1	51.2	0.8%	1-yr: 80.7%	1-yr: 78.2%
						5-yr: 68.5%	5-yr: 65.1%