Cytokines Adsorption During Ex Situ Machine Perfusion of Liver Grafts from Elderly Donors: A Pilot, Prospective, Randomized Study.

Life (Basel) · 2026 · PMC12843482 · PMID 41598321

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a slight trendp = 0.26not close (p > 0.1)

Only perfusate IL-6 showed a slight trend (not statistically significant) towards a higher concentration when CA was not used ( p = 0.26).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Patients whose grafts were preserved with MP showed a trend towards better graft and patient survival.

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