Reuse of liver grafts following the brain death of the initial recipient

Table 1 Reuse of liver grafts following the brain death of the initial recipient

Location	Donor			Interval (d) initial	Recipient		Outcome
(ref. NO.)	Age (yr)	Liver disease	Cause of death	to final transplant	Age (yr)	Liver disease	Early after second transplantation	Long-term
London, Canada (current report)	55	HCV	CVA	14	54	HCV/HCC	No complications	Died of recurrent HCC at 16 mo
Madrid, Spain[1,2]	57	PBC	CVA	1	29	CR post LTx for PSC and CCC	No complication	Died of recurrent CCC at 48 mo
Madrid, Spain[2]	54	PSC	CVA	2	32	CR post LTx for HCV	Sepsis	Died at 4 mo
Madrid, Spain[2]	51	CR post LTx (cause N/A)	CVA	2	56	HCV/HCC	AR	Alive at 25 mo
Creteil, France[3]	24	CR post LTx for cryptogenic cirrhosis	CVA	5	52	Alcoholic	AR	Alive at 6 mo
Essen, Germany[4]	N/A	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	CVA	1	46	Recurrent HBV post LTx	AR	Alive at 5 mo
Barcelona, Spain[5]	55	Alcoholic	CVA	5	58	HCV	No complication	Alive at 14 mo
Brussels, Belgium[6]	47	ALF (acetaminophen)	Cerebral edema	2	53	HCV/HCC	AR	Alive at 22 mo
Lille Cedex, France[7]	21	ALF (acetaminophen)	Cerebral edema	2	61	HCV	No complication	Alive at 11 mo
UNOS #1[8]	6	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alive at 111 mo
UNOS #2[8]	60	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	CVA	8	44	N/A	N/A	Alive at 62 mo
UNOS #3[8]	21	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alive at 3.5 mo
UNOS #4[8]	49	N/A	N/A	4.9 yr	N/A	N/A	failed at 0.1 mo (cause N/A)	-
UNOS #5[8]	48	N/A	N/A	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Failed at 11 mo
UNOS #6[8]	56	HCV	Anoxic brain injury	2	N/A	HCV, alcoholic	No complication	Alive at 25.4 mo
UNOS #7[8]	49	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alive at 4.8 mo
UNOS #8[8]	35	ALF (acetaminophen)	Cerebral edema	3	56	PSC	No complication	Alive at 12 mo
UNOS #9[8]	46	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alive at 11 mo
UNOS #10[8]	25	N/A	N/A	2.8 yr	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alive at 5.9 mo
UNOS #11[8]	44	N/A	N/A	17	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alive at 3.0 mo
Barcelona, Spain[9]	55	Alcoholic	CVA	5	58	HCV	No complication	Alive at 120 mo
Barcelona, Spain[9]	58	Alcoholic	CVA	14	55	Budd Chiari synd	No complication	Alive at 13 mo
Barcelona, Spain[9]	58	Alcoholic	CVA	10	47	Ischemic cholangitis	AR	Alive at 7 mo
Creteil, France[10]	72	Alcoholic	CVA	13 yr	61	Cryptogenic cirrhosis,	No complication	Alive at 12 mo
Montreal, Canada[11]	26	ALF (acetaminophen overdose)	Cerebral edema	2	62	Hemochromatosis HCC	No complication	Alive at 30 mo
Berlin, Germany[12]	53	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	Cerebral edema	24	43	Alcoholic, HCC	Biliary obstruction by stones	Alive at 6 mo
Stuttgart, Germany[13]	38	Budd Chiari synd	CVA	5 yr	51	Polycystic liver disease	No complication	Alive at 18 mo
Malatya, Turkey[14]	4	ALF (hepatitis A)	Cerebral edema	5	31	Cryptogenic cirrhosis, HCC	HAT at one month, died at 1.3 mo	-

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; CVA: Cerebrovascular accident; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; CR: Chronic rejection; LTx: Liver transplant; PSC: Primary sclerosing cholangitis; CCC: Cholangiocarcinoma; N/A: Not available; AR: Acute rejection; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; UNOS: United Network for Organ Sharing; ALF: Acute liver failure; HAT: Hepatic artery thrombosis.