Steatotic livers. Can we use them in OLTX? Outcome data from a prospective baseline liver biopsy study



Título del documento: Steatotic livers. Can we use them in OLTX? Outcome data from a prospective baseline liver biopsy study
Revista: Annals of hepatology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000417651
ISSN: 1665-2681
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Instituciones: 1Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Chile. Chile
2Corporación del Trasplante, Santiago de Chile. Chile
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Periodo: Nov-Dic
Volumen: 11
Número: 6
Paginación: 891-898
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Aplicado, analítico
Resumen en inglés Steatotic livers have been associated with greater risk of allograft dysfunction in liver transplantation. Our aim was to determinate the prevalence of steatosis in grafts from deceased donors in Chile and to assess the utility of a protocol-bench biopsy as an outcome predictor of steatotic grafts in our transplant program. Material and methods. We prospectively performed protocol-bench graft biopsies from March 2004 to January 2009. Biopsies were analyzed and classified by two independent pathologists. Steatosis severity was graded as normal from absent to < 6%; grade 1: 6-33%; grade 2: > 33-66% and grade 3: > 66%. Results. We analyzed 58 liver grafts from deceased donors. Twenty-nine grafts (50%) were steatotic; 9 of them (16%) with grade 3. Donor age (p < 0.001) and BMI over 25 kg/m2 (p = 0.012) were significantly associated with the presence of steatosis. There were two primary non-functions (PNF); both in a grade 3 steatotic graft. The 3-year overall survival was lower among recipients with macrovesicular steatotic graft (57%) than recipients with microvesicular (85%) or non-steatotic grafts (95%) (p = 0.026). Conclusion. Macrovesicular steatosis was associated with a poor outcome in this series. A protocol bench-biopsy would be useful to identify these grafts
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Gastroenterología,
Diagnóstico,
Hígado graso,
Esteatosis,
Trasplantes,
Hígado,
Lesiones,
Donadores
Keyword: Gastroenterology,
Diagnosis,
Fatty liver,
Steatosis,
Transplantation,
Liver,
Lesions,
Donors
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