Liver transplantation (LT) using grafts from non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) has been shown to be a successful practice. Recently reported primary nonfunction rates are similar to those of LT using grafts from brain-dead donors.
Department of Liver Transplantation, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, United Kingdom. pmuiesan@yahoo.co.uk
