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Background: Generally, inspection of abdominal organs should include liver, pancreas, stomach, small bowel, colon, and pelvis. In women, attention should be paid to the pelvis with careful inspection of the ovaries and uterus. During organ inspection, attention should be also given to the enlarged lymph nodes in the iliac fossa, small bowel mesentery, para-aortic region, hepatoduodenal ligament, and liver hilus. Each organ should be carefully inspected. The final decision about which organs can be accepted for transplantation has to be taken by the procurement surgeon. In difficult cases, additional medical investigation and communication with the recipient centre will help the procurement surgeon make the right decision.
Conclusion: An organ transplanted with a primary cancer or cancer metastases causes not only a great dilemma for the recipient, but also for the recipient team to retransplant or observe. To avoid such a situation, detailed and thorough organ inspection both during and after organ procurement is in every case, strongly recommended.
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Baranski, A. (2008). Detailed and Thorough Abdominal Organ Inspection. In: Surgical Technique of the Abdominal Organ Procurement. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-251-7_4
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