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30 April 2021: Original Paper

Organ Donation from Donors with Hepatitis B or C in South Korea: A 2013–2017 Nationwide Data Analysis

Hoonsung Park 1CEF , Eun-sil Jung 2BE , Myeong Hwa Lee 3BC , Jae-Myeong Lee 4ACDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928947

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928947

Table 1 Summary of viral hepatitis cases among potential brain-dead donors according to the year between 2013 and 2017 in South Korea.

HBV-positive donors
YearTransplantation completionDonation failureTotal number
Recipient’s refusalNot suitable as donorsNot brain deathCardiac deathLegal issuesNo recipient matchedNo legal guardiansConsent retrieval
2013691382110040
20149101484212151
20151981072010148
20161218944301051
201714211064100056
Total60 (24.4%)66 (26.8%)56 (22.8%)33 (13.4%)16 (6.5%)7 (2.8%)3 (1.2%)3 (1.2%)2 (0.8%)246
2013156120100016
2014248101010017
2015243410000115
2016352623000021
2017365010111019
Total11 (12.6%)24 (27.5%)24 (27.5%)12 (13.8%)6 (6.9%)4 (4.6%)2 (2.3%)2 (2.3%)1 (1.1%)1 (1.1%)87
HBV606656331637320246
HCV1124241246122187
Total71 (21.3%)90 (27%)80 (24%)45 (13.5%)20 (6%)9 (2.7%)8 (2.4%)5 (1.5%)4 (1.2%)1 (0.3%)333

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
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