The British journal of surgery
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Retransplantation candidates are disadvantaged owing to lack of good-quality liver grafts. Strategies that can facilitate transplantation of suboptimal grafts into retransplant candidates require investigation. The aim was to determine whether late liver retransplantation can be performed safely with suboptimal grafts, following normothermic machine perfusion. ⋯ In liver retransplantation, normothermic machine perfusion can safely expand graft options without compromising short-term outcomes.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Hydrosurgical and conventional debridement of burns: randomized clinical trial.
Tangential excision of burned tissue followed by skin grafting is the cornerstone of burn surgery. Hydrosurgery has become popular for tangential excision, with the hypothesis that enhanced preservation of vital dermal tissue reduces scarring. The aim of this trial was to compare scar quality after hydrosurgical versus conventional debridement before split-skin grafting. ⋯ Trial NL6085 (NTR6232 (http://www.trialregister.nl)).