Light at the end of the tunnel: COVID‐19 lockdown has not halted liver transplantation at a high volume center in Italy.
In: Transplant International, Jg. 33 (2020-12-01), Heft 12, S. 1845-1847
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Light at the end of the tunnel: COVID-19 lockdown has not halted liver transplantation at a high volume center in Italy Although preliminary reports emphasized on an initial decline in organ procurement and liver transplantation (LT) in Italy [1,2], 3 months after enforcement of the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) national lockdown data are better than anticipated. At our center in Tuscany, from February 18 to May 4, 2020 (end of lockdown), a total of 39 procedures were performed, namely 29 deceased donor LTs and 10 more brain dead donor surgeries resulting in liver grafts unsuitable for transplantation. [Extracted from the article]
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Light at the end of the tunnel: COVID‐19 lockdown has not halted liver transplantation at a high volume center in Italy.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Melandro, Fabio ; Ghinolfi, Davide ; Balzano, Emanuele ; Tincani, Giovanni ; Catalano, Gabriele ; Biancofiore, Gianni ; Peris, Adriano ; De Simone, Paolo |
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| Zeitschrift: | Transplant International, Jg. 33 (2020-12-01), Heft 12, S. 1845-1847 |
| Veröffentlichung: | 2020 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 0934-0874 (print) |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tri.13764 |
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