30 April 2021 : Original article
Organ Donation from Donors with Hepatitis B or C in South Korea: A 2013-2017 Nationwide Data Analysis
Hoonsung Park1CEF, Eun-sil Jung2BE, Myoung Hwa Lee3BC, Jae-Myeong Lee4ACDEF*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928947
Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928947
Table 2 General characteristics of brain-dead organ donors with hepatitis B or C with transplantation completion.
| HBV (+) (n=60) | HCV (+) (n=11) | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 48.7±10.9* | 51.2±8.3 | 0.597 |
| Sex, Male (%) | 40 (66.7) | 5 (45.4) | 0.309 |
| Cause of brain death, number (%) | 0.932 | ||
| Hypoxia | 11 (18.3) | 3 (27.3) | |
| Cerebral hemorrhage | 28 (46.7) | 6 (54.5) | |
| Cerebral infarction | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Cardiac arrest | 5 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Traumatic brain injury | 13 (21.7) | 2 (18.2) | |
| Acute hepatic failure | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Others | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Number of donated organs | 1.9±0.8 | 1.5±0.9 | 0.085 |
| Donated organs, number (%) | |||
| Heart | 15 (25.0) | 2 (18.2) | <0.001 |
| Lung | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
| Liver | 28 (46.7) | 3 (27.3) | 0.325 |
| Kidney | 60 (100.0) | 11 (100.0) | 1.000 |
| There was no pancreas or cornea donation. One case of HCV-positive donation was kidney en bloc donation. * Mean±standard deviation. | |||