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Table 3.9

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1999 to 2008

Liver

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 689 756 706 651 550 604 698 803 910 956
Cardiac Arrest 10 13 12 8 3 6 5 7 6 7
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 109 128 136 143 162 165 191 215 260 247
Poor Organ Function 271 271 248 215 146 189 193 214 241 233
Donor Medical/Social History 43 55 47 34 33 24 30 43 38 46
Biopsy Findings 101 118 96 102 86 92 126 149 150 155
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 42 45 45 30 23 24 23 21 22 20
No Recipient Found (2) 58 74 76 59 42 54 58 80 108 172
Other 55 52 46 60 55 50 72 74 85 75
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cardiac Arrest 1.5% 1.7% 1.7% 1.2% 0.5% 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 15.8% 16.9% 19.3% 22.0% 29.5% 27.3% 27.4% 26.8% 28.6% 25.8%
Poor Organ Function 39.3% 35.8% 35.1% 33.0% 26.5% 31.3% 27.7% 26.7% 26.5% 24.4%
Donor Medical/Social History 6.2% 7.3% 6.7% 5.2% 6.0% 4.0% 4.3% 5.4% 4.2% 4.8%
Biopsy Findings 14.7% 15.6% 13.6% 15.7% 15.6% 15.2% 18.1% 18.6% 16.5% 16.2%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 6.1% 6.0% 6.4% 4.6% 4.2% 4.0% 3.3% 2.6% 2.4% 2.1%
No Recipient Found (2) 8.4% 9.8% 10.8% 9.1% 7.6% 8.9% 8.3% 10.0% 11.9% 18.0%
Other 8.0% 6.9% 6.5% 9.2% 10.0% 8.3% 10.3% 9.2% 9.3% 7.8%
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 0.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

(1) = Organ Unsatisfactory: Organ Damage or Anatomic Abnormalities.

(2) = No Recipient Found: Recipient Not Located or List Exhausted.

Reasons for non-recovery are shown for all organs from deceased donors who donated at least one solid organ.



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