• Department of Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China;
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Objective  To approach the questions of donation after cardiac death (DCD) and transplantation through analyzing the DCD cases in this hospital.
Methods  The organs were obtained from 4 DCD from 2010 to 2011 in this hospital, the clinical data of DCD were analyzed retrospectively.
Results  Seven renal transplantations and 3 liver transplantations were performed. Donor warm ischemic time was 10-40 min. The liver and left kidney of the first DCD donator (Maastricht categoryⅣ) were eliminated through biopsy. One patient exhibited delayed graft function of kidney from the first DCD,the nephrectomy had to be done on day 7 after operation due to renal allograft rupture. Nine patients received 3 livers and 6 kidneys from the other 3 DCD donators (Maastricht categoryⅢ),whose patients were alive with excellent graft function.
Conclusions  The use of controlled DCD (Maastricht categoryⅢ) might be an effective way to increase the number of organs available for transplantation because that it might obtain satisfactory transplant outcomes and acceptable postoperative complications. The widespread implementation of controlled DCD in China should be encouraged.

Citation: WEI Lai,CHEN Zhishui,GUO Hui,MING Changsheng,ZENG Fanjun,ZHANG Weijie,GONG Nianqiao,LIU Bin,DU Dunfeng,CHANG Sheng,.. Ten Cases of Transplants Using Organ Donation after Cardiac Death:Experience of One Single Center. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(5): 473-477. doi: Copy