Fig. 2: CONSORT flow diagram displaying the progress of patients through the trial.
From: Transplantation of discarded livers following viability testing with normothermic machine perfusion
One hundred and sixty-four patients on the waiting list were approached for potential trial participation. Of those, 111 were excluded; 48 patients met exclusion criteria and were not suitable for a marginal liver graft. Twenty-two patients declined to take part and 41 patients either received a transplant before they provided study consent, or were de-listed, or subsequently met exclusion criteria. Eventually 53 patients consented to the study, of which 29 underwent transplantation with a standard quality liver allocated outside the trial. Twenty-two patients were enroled in the trial and received a salvaged liver.
