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. 2018 Oct;12(10):1045-1058.
doi: 10.1080/17474124.2018.1505499. Epub 2018 Aug 20.

Normothermic ex-vivo liver perfusion: where do we stand and where to reach?

Kumar Jayant  1 , Isabella Reccia  1 , A M James Shapiro  2
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Normothermic ex-vivo liver perfusion: where do we stand and where to reach?

Kumar Jayant et al. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Oct.
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Abstract

Nowadays liver transplantation is considered as the treatment of choice, however, the scarcity of suitable donor organs limits the delivery of care to the end-stage liver disease patients leading to the death while on the waiting list. The advent of ex-situ normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has emerged as an alternative to the standard organ preservation technique, static cold storage (SCS). The newer technique promises to not only restore the normal metabolic activity but also attempt to recondition the marginal livers back to the pristine state, which are otherwise more susceptible to ischemic injury and foster the poor post-transplant outcomes. Areas covered: An extensive search of all the published literature describing the role of NMP based device in liver transplantation as an alternative to SCS was made on MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, BIOSIS, Crossref, Scopus databases and clinical trial registry on 10 May 2018. Expert commentary: The main tenet of NMP is the establishment of the physiological milieu, which permits aerobic metabolism to continue through out the period of preservation and limits the effects of ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. In addition, by assessing the various metabolic and synthetic parameters the viability and suitability of donor livers for transplantation can be determined. This important technological advancement has scored satisfactorily on the safety and efficacy parameters in preliminary clinical studies. The present review suggests that NMP can offer the opportunity to assess and safely utilize the marginal donor livers if deemed appropriate for the transplantation. However, ongoing trials will determine its full potential and further adoption.

Keywords: Normothermic perfusion; extracellular vesicles; liver; liver transplantation; miRNA; postreperfusion syndrome.

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