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Table 3.9

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 2000 to 2009

Liver

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 756 706 651 550 604 698 803 911 958 1,051
Cardiac Arrest 13 12 8 3 6 5 7 6 7 7
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 128 136 143 162 165 191 215 263 251 295
Poor Organ Function 271 248 215 146 189 193 214 239 232 269
Donor Medical/Social History 55 47 34 33 24 30 43 38 46 64
Biopsy Findings 118 96 102 86 92 126 149 151 154 133
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 45 45 30 23 24 23 21 22 20 19
No Recipient Found (2) 74 76 59 42 54 58 80 107 173 158
Other 52 46 60 55 50 72 74 85 75 106
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cardiac Arrest 1.7% 1.7% 1.2% 0.5% 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 16.9% 19.3% 22.0% 29.5% 27.3% 27.4% 26.8% 28.9% 26.2% 28.1%
Poor Organ Function 35.8% 35.1% 33.0% 26.5% 31.3% 27.7% 26.7% 26.2% 24.2% 25.6%
Donor Medical/Social History 7.3% 6.7% 5.2% 6.0% 4.0% 4.3% 5.4% 4.2% 4.8% 6.1%
Biopsy Findings 15.6% 13.6% 15.7% 15.6% 15.2% 18.1% 18.6% 16.6% 16.1% 12.7%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 6.0% 6.4% 4.6% 4.2% 4.0% 3.3% 2.6% 2.4% 2.1% 1.8%
No Recipient Found (2) 9.8% 10.8% 9.1% 7.6% 8.9% 8.3% 10.0% 11.7% 18.1% 15.0%
Other 6.9% 6.5% 9.2% 10.0% 8.3% 10.3% 9.2% 9.3% 7.8% 10.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(%) = 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.