COMPATIBLE ABO MISMATCH AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION—A SINGLE TRANSPLANT CENTERʼS EXPERIENCE

Purpose: Ideally, organ grafting is usually carried out between recipient and donor of identical blood group to minimize the influence of blood group specific antigens on graft and patients survival. The shortage of suitable donor organs and the clinical urgency can lead in to implantation of grafts from ABO mismatched donors. In liver transplantation, it has been suggested that patient and graft survival is diminished with the implantation of ABO incompatible grafts. Indeed, 1-year graft survival in this setting has been reported to range between 25% and 75% less than that of ABO-identical or compatible grafts. We reviewed and compared our experience with transplantation of ABO identical and compatible mismatched livers.