Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on liver donation and transplantation: A review of the literature

Table 1 Reduction in LT activity around the world during the pandemic

Ref.	Country	Reduction in organ donations	Reduction in LT activity	Period
Putzer et al[9], 2020	Europe1	N/A	-29%	mid-March – mid-June, 2020 vs 2015 – 2019
Agopian et al[18], 2020	United States	N/A	-24%	February – March, 2020 vs 2019
Turco et al[19], 2020	France	-28%	-22%	January 1 – May 31, 2020 vs 2019
Domínguez-Gil et al[4], 2020	Spain	N/A	-75.8% LT/wk	March 13 – April 23 vs weekly mean 2019
Angelico et al[8], 2020	Italy	-30% (North)-9% (South)	-17%	February 24 – March 22, 2020 vs 2015-2019
Lee et al[20], 2020	South Korea	No difference	No difference	January – March, 2020 vs 2000-2019

¹Eurotransplant data. N/A: Not applicable; LT: Liver transplantation.