Living donor liver transplant candidate and donor selection and engagement: Meeting report from the living donor liver transplant consensus conference.
Clin Transplant
; 37(7): e14954, 2023 07.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a promising option for mitigating the deceased donor organ shortage and reducing waitlist mortality. Despite excellent outcomes and data supporting expanding candidate indications for LDLT, broader uptake throughout the United States has yet to occur.METHODS:
In response to this, the American Society of Transplantation hosted a virtual consensus conference (October 18-19, 2021), bringing together relevant experts with the aim of identifying barriers to broader implementation and making recommendations regarding strategies to address these barriers. In this report, we summarize the findings relevant to the selection and engagement of both the LDLT candidate and living donor. Utilizing a modified Delphi approach, barrier and strategy statements were developed, refined, and voted on for overall barrier importance and potential impact and feasibility of the strategy to address said barrier.RESULTS:
Barriers identified fell into three general categories 1) awareness, acceptance, and engagement across patients (potential candidates and donors), providers, and institutions, 2) data gaps and lack of standardization in candidate and donor selection, and 3) data gaps regarding post-living liver donation outcomes and resource needs.CONCLUSIONS:
Strategies to address barriers included efforts toward education and engagement across populations, rigorous and collaborative research, and institutional commitment and resources.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Liver Transplantation
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Transplant
Journal subject:
TRANSPLANTE
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States