Benchmarking outcomes in liver transplantation

There are no available standard points of reference for quality assessment of results in deceased donor liver transplantation. Using results from high volume centers and low risk procedures offers the opportunity to define benchmark criteria for best achievable outcomes.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a multicenter cohort study to define benchmark criteria for best achievable outcomes in deceased donor liver transplantation in order to enable quality assessment. The benchmark criteria will be derived from postoperative mortality and morbidity as well as graft function and survival.

Data collection and study design are based on to the newly defined standardized reporting for benchmarking, as presented at the 2015 ASA meeting in Chicago. This multicenter cohort study will include at least 15 high volume centers performing over 50 liver transplantations per year from at least 3 continents over a period of 5 years (2010-2014). Every center included in the study must have a prospective database from which data can be collected as well as previous publications critically reporting on their outcome.

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The OLTBenchmarks.org Team