Liver transplantation with grafts obtained after cardiac death-current advances in mastering the challenge

Table 1 Major studies that compared donation after cardiac death vs donation after brain death liver transplantation outcomes

Ref.	Year	DCD transplants number	Recipient survival rate (%) at 1 yr, 3 yr, and 5 yr post-transplant			Graft survival rate (%) at 1 yr, 3 yr, and 5 yr post-transplant			ITBS rate	Retransplants rate
Croome et al[98]	2013	HCC DCD = 242				76	64	56
		Non-HCC DCD = 2117				86	77	71
Abt et al[33]	2013	110						47		14%
Callaghan et al[99]	2013	352		81			73
Vanatta et al[100]	2013	38	92	80		92	74		7%	2%
Elaffandi et al[101]	2012	108	84							2%
Taner et al[28]	2012	200	93	85	81	81	73	69	12%	5%
Meurisse et al[52]	2012	30	93	85	85	90	82	82		3%
DeOliveira et al[30]	2011	167	87	85	81	85	83	78	2%
Hong et al[102]	2011	81				78	62	53	10%	12%
Mathur et al[53]	2011	1567					65			13%
Dubbled et al[46]	2010	55	85	80		74	68		14%	18%
Yamamoto et al[45]	2010	24	62	43	43	54	37	38
Detry et al[103]	2010	58	83	67		72	49		38%
de Vera et al[27]	2009	141	79		70	69		56	16%	18%
Grewal et al[43]	2009	108	92	88	88	79	74	71	8%	15%
Jiménez-Galanes et al[104]	2009	20	86			80			5%
Pine et al[105]	2009	39	82	68		80	64		20%
Nguyen et al[42]	2009	19	90		90	74		63	10%	16%
Fujita et al[106]	2007	24	87	82		69	56			21%

DCD: Donation after cardiac death.