Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in India in the COVID-19 Era: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives

COVID‐19 and the Liver: Lessons Learnt from the EAST and the WEST, A Year Later

“…Of note, after the second wave due to the ‘UK variant’ mutated strain, in December 2020, a drop similar to the first wave, in the number of solid organ transplants was not noticed 94 . In contrast, the impact of the second wave in India was notably different and likely to have had a severe effect on transplantation services 94,95 . Thus, there has been a significant heterogeneity in transplant activity among the various regions of the World 96 …”

“…94 In contrast, the impact of the second wave in India was notably different and likely to have had a severe effect on transplantation services. 94,95 Thus, there has been a significant heterogeneity in transplant activity among the various regions of the World. 96…”

Outcome of Patients Waitlisted for Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Center Experience

“…With a drastic reduction in organ donation rates during the pandemic as a result reduced road traffic accident, decreased organ donation drive; a significantly higher proportion of patients are awaiting DDLT 31 , 32 .…”

COVID-19 Minisymposium: Toward a Strategic Roadmap

“…The low incidence and modest mortality rate among multi-organ recipients in The North Italy Program is described by Passamonti et al [ 12 ] and reviewed by Aziz et al [ 13 ]. Individual centers report their series of kidney (Lum et al [ 14 ]; Kocak et al [ 15 ]; Hasanoglu et al [ 16 ]; Aziz et al [ 17 ]), organ (Christensen et al [ 18 ]), or liver (Fraser et al [ 19 ]; Pahari et al [ 20 ]) transplantations. In addition, individual cases are presented following kidney (Adrogué et al [ 21 ]; Yamada et al [ 22 ]; Taha et al [ 23 ]), liver (Mathiasen et al [ 24 ]), lung (Renaud-Picard et al [ 25 ]), and heart (Vaidya et al [ 26 ]) transplantations.…”