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Lung Rapid Recovery Procurement Combined with Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death
Published on: August 15, 2022
Non-heart-beating lung donation: how big is the pool?
Danielle M Nijkamp1, Wim van der Bij, Erik A M Verschuuren
1Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Donation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. d.m.nijkamp@chir.umcg.nl
Abstract:
Lungs from non-heart-beating (NHB) donors are seldom used in The Netherlands despite the good quality of these organs. Based on a retrospective analysis of 162 NHB donor procedures we found that only 5% of the lungs were actually utilized, but that 30% of the lungs were suitable for transplantation. Not recognizing the suitability of NHB lungs is likely the main reason for their non-availability.
