Accepted for Publication: April 16, 2020.
Corresponding Author: Wojciech G. Polak, MD, PhD, Division of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands (w.polak@erasmusmc.nl).
Published Online: August 5, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2479
Author Contributions: Drs van Reeven and Polak had full access to all data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: van Reeven, Ysebaert, Alwayn, IJzermans, Polak.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: van Reeven, Gilbo, Monbaliu, van Leeuwen, Porte, van Hoek, Meurisse, Detry, Coubeau, Ciccarelli, Berrevoet, Vanlander, IJzermans, Polak.
Drafting of the manuscript: van Reeven, IJzermans, Polak.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: van Reeven, Gilbo, van Leeuwen.
Administrative, technical, or material support: van Reeven, Monbaliu, Porte, Ysebaert, van Hoek, Meurisse, Ciccarelli.
Supervision: van Leeuwen, Porte, Ysebaert, Alwayn, Detry, Berrevoet, Vanlander, IJzermans, Polak.
Other—coordinator of the study: van Reeven.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr van Hoek reported receiving grants from Zambon Pharma, Astellas Pharma, and Chiesi Pharma and personal fees from Norgine outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Additional Contributions: Xavier Rogiers, MD, Ghent University Hospital, assisted in data collection and manuscript revision. Jacques Pirenne, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, provided additional survival rate data on liver transplants with donation after brain death in Belgium. The Landelijk Overleg Levertransplantatie Dutch Liver Transplant Committee and the Belgian Liver and Intestinal Advisory Committee endorsed this project. Eurotransplant provided required data. None of the named individuals and groups received financial compensation for their contributions.
Additional Information: Xavier Rogiers, MD, died November 20, 2019.
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