Donor Diabetes and Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time Synergistically Increase the Risk of Graft Failure After Liver Transplantation

Background. Both prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) and donor history of diabetes mellitus (DM) are associated with reduced graft survival after liver transplantation. However, it is unknown whether the adverse effect of prolonged CIT on posttransplant graft survival is more pronounced after transpl...

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Main Authors: Isabel M.A. Brüggenwirth, MSc, Natasha H. Dolgin, PhD, Robert J. Porte, MD, PhD, Adel Bozorgzadeh, MD, Paulo N.A. Martins, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000692