Octogenarian liver grafts: Is their use for transplant currently justified?

Figure 1 Process of evaluation and acceptance of octogenarian liver grafts. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.

Figure 2 Comparison of overall patient and graft survival at 1, 3 and 5-yr, between recipients of livers < 65 years old (group A; n = 102) and recipients of octogenarian liver grafts (group B; n = 51). Log-rank test for a difference in patient survival curves showed a P = 0.74 (A), whereas for a graft survival curves showed a P = 0.52 (B). LT: Liver transplantation.

Figure 3 Comparison of patient and graft survival at 1, 3 and 5-yr in recipients who underwent liver transplantation for non-hepatitis C virus cirrhosis. An overall of 26 patients of this series were excluded in this analysis because of hepatitis C virus cirrhosis (10 patients in the group of octogenarian livers, and 16 in the group < 65 years old). Log-rank test for a difference in patient survival curves showed a P = 0.65 (A), whereas for a graft survival curves showed a P = 0.41 (B). LT: Liver transplantation.