Quantifying the effect of transplanting older donor livers into younger recipients: the need for donor-recipient age matching

Background Increasing recipient and donor age are independently associated with survival after liver transplantation (LT). Whether donor age differentially impacts post-LT outcomes based on recipient age is unknown. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study using Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data. All adult deceased-donor, single organ, primary LTs from 2002-2015 were included. Donor and recipient age were categorized as

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