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Table 3.8
Reasons for Non-Use of Recovered Organs, 1992 to 2001
Liver

Reason for Non-Use of Recovered Organs Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 196 195 272 282 280 313 284 304 301 262
Extended Ischemia Time - - 5 5 3 4 2 6 5 5
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) - - 20 39 25 39 14 24 27 25
Poor Organ Function/Infection - - - 6 48 43 42 40 40 34
Donor Medical/Social History - - 5 10 7 5 4 4 4 2
Biopsy Findings - - 83 129 128 136 129 127 143 124
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV - - 6 13 11 16 10 9 5 5
No Recipient Found (2) - - 10 7 19 7 15 9 18 12
Other - - 70 62 34 58 63 40 25 28
Unknown - - 1 11 5 5 5 45 34 27
Not Collected Prior to 4/94 196 195 72 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Extended Ischemia Time - - 1.8% 1.8% 1.1% 1.3% 0.7% 2.0% 1.7% 1.9%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) - - 7.4% 13.8% 8.9% 12.5% 4.9% 7.9% 9.0% 9.5%
Poor Organ Function/Infection - - - 2.1% 17.1% 13.7% 14.8% 13.2% 13.3% 13.0%
Donor Medical/Social History - - 1.8% 3.5% 2.5% 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 0.8%
Biopsy Findings - - 30.5% 45.7% 45.7% 43.5% 45.4% 41.8% 47.5% 47.3%
Positive Hepatitis/CMV/HIV - - 2.2% 4.6% 3.9% 5.1% 3.5% 3.0% 1.7% 1.9%
No Recipient Found (2) - - 3.7% 2.5% 6.8% 2.2% 5.3% 3.0% 6.0% 4.6%
Other - - 25.7% 22.0% 12.1% 18.5% 22.2% 13.2% 8.3% 10.7%
Unknown - - 0.4% 3.9% 1.8% 1.6% 1.8% 14.8% 11.3% 10.3%
Not Collected Prior to 4/94 100.0% 100.0% 26.5% - - - - - - -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.
(%) = 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-use not collected prior to April 1, 1994.
Includes organs recovered for transplant, but not transplanted.

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