Review Article

The Role of Normothermic Perfusion in Liver Transplantation (TRaNsIT Study): A Systematic Review of Preliminary Studies

Table 2

Pretransplant and perioperative characteristics of included studies.

StudySample Size (NMP vs Control)Donor Age (years) (NMP vs Control)MELD Score (NMP vs Control)NMP Time vs Control SCS in minutes edian (rangeDCD (NMP vs Control)

Ravikumar et al. [39] (May 2016)20 vs 4058.0 (21–85) vs 58.5 (21–82) ()12.0 (7–27) vs 14.0 (6–25) ()558 (210–1170) vs 534 (242–684) ()4 vs 4
Selzner et al. [42] (October 2016)10 vs 3048.0 (17–75) vs 46.0 (22–68) ()21.0 (8–40) vs 23.0 (7–37) ()586 (221–731) vs 634 (523–783) ()2 vs 6
Bral et al. [43] (Nov 2017)10 vs 3056.0 (14–71) vs 52.0 (20–77) ()13.0 (9–32) vs 19.0 (7–34) ()786 (304–1631) vs 235 (64–890) ()4 vs 8
Liu et al. [44] (May 2017)10 vs 40NA ()NA ()(240–472) vs NA ()2 vs 8
Nasralla et al. [45] (Apr 2018)137 vs 13356.0 (16–84) vs 56.0 (20–86) ()13.0 (6–35) vs 14.0 (9–18) ()714 (258–1527) vs 465 (223–967) ()34 vs 21

MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; DCD: donation after circulatory death; NMP: normothermic machine perfusion; WIT: warm ischemia time; SCS: static cold storage; NA: not available.