• Annals of surgery · Jan 2025

    Normothermic Liver Machine Perfusion At a Large European Center -Real World Outcomes Following 238 Applications.

    • Felix J Krendl, Benno Cardini, Margot Fodor, Jessica Singh, Florian Ponholzer, Franka Messner, Annemarie Weissenbacher, Thomas Resch, Manuel Maglione, Christian Margreiter, Stephan Eschertzhuber, Christian Irsara, Andrea Griesmacher, Harald Schennach, Robert Breitkopf, Lisa Schlosser, Heinz Zoller, Herbert Tilg, Rupert Oberhuber, and Stefan Schneeberger.
    • Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck.
    • Ann. Surg. 2025 Jan 20.

    ObjectiveTo report outcomes from routine clinical practice of liver transplantation (LT) following normothermic liver machine perfusion (NLMP) and compare to LT after static cold storage (SCS).BackgroundNLMP is emerging as a clinical routine in LT as has recently received renewed attention, however outcomes outside of clinical trials are lacking.MethodsAll adult LT between February 2018 and January 2023 were included. Comprehensive viability assessment was applied during NLMP. Outcomes were compared between NLMP and SCS recipients, as well as benchmark and non-benchmark cases.ResultsOf the 332 LT included, 174 underwent NLMP and 158 were transplanted following SCS. Sixty-seven organs were accepted and transplanted only under the premise of NLMP. One-year graft survival for SCS and NLMP recipients was 83.8% vs. 81.3% and 93.4% for benchmark cases in the overall cohort. Total preservation time had no influence on graft survival in the NLMP group but was associated with inferior 1-year graft survival in the SCS group. NLMP usage increased significantly over the duration of the study period, as did the median total preservation time. With increasing NLMP use and longer preservation times, nighttime surgery decreased significantly from 41.9% to 4.2%.ConclusionsProlonged preservation times ease logistics and enable daytime surgery. The possibility of NLMP offers to expand liver transplantation without negatively affecting outcomes.Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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