Monaldi Hospital in Naples has carried out its second donation after circulatory arrest, known as DCD. A liver and corneas were recovered and made available for transplantation.
The donor had been hospitalized in the intensive-care unit of the Centro traumatologico, while the organ procurement took place at Monaldi through coordination between hospitals. The available reporting does not identify the donor.
The procedure required confirmation of death after circulatory arrest, rapid action to limit damage from oxygen deprivation, and extracorporeal perfusion to reoxygenate and preserve the organs before evaluation and recovery.
The case falls within the transplant activities of the Ospedali dei Colli hospital network, which officially lists transplant-related services and organizational documentation for its hospitals. The sources do not establish whether the liver was ultimately transplanted, only that it was recovered for transplantation.
