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World J Transplant. Dec 18, 2025; 15(4): 104675
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.104675
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.104675
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of aorto-hepatic conduits in liver transplant: Known knowns and known unknowns
Buddhika Uragoda Appuhamilage, Sahil Gupta, Alessandro Parente, Parthi Srinivasan, Krishna Menon, Abdul Rahman Hakeem, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Hakeem AR and Appuhamilage BU conceptualized the study design; Hakeem AR, Appuhamilage BU and Gupta S prepared the search strategy, PRISMA chart, and data collection tools; Appuhamilage BU and Gupta S did the data collection from the included reviews and performed quality and risk of bias assessments; Appuhamilage BU did the statistical analysis and wrote the manuscript; Gupta S, Parente A, Srinivasan P, Menon K, and Hakeem AR revised the manuscript and confirmed the final draft for submission.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
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Corresponding author: Abdul Rahman Hakeem, PhD, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom.
Received: December 29, 2024
Revised: March 24, 2025
Accepted: June 13, 2025
Published online: December 18, 2025
Processing time: 326 Days and 21.1 Hours
Revised: March 24, 2025
Accepted: June 13, 2025
Published online: December 18, 2025
Processing time: 326 Days and 21.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This meta-analysis of fourteen studies identified aorta-hepatic conduits utilized in 3.5% of deceased donor liver transplantation, with the majority being infra-renal conduits, however, 5-year patency was better with supra-coeliac aortic conduits.