SHORT RECIPIENT WARM ISCHEMIA TIME IMPROVES GRAFT SURVIVAL IN DECEASED DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: 20-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Background: Although the correlation between warm ischemia time (WIT) and the outcomes liver transplantation has been extensively studied, few investigations have focused on the effect of recipient short WIT on outcomes of liver transplantation in donation after brain-death (DBD) donors. Methods: Our institutional Transplant Surgery Database was retrospectively queried to identify patients who underwent primary DBD liver transplantation between...