Guidance

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal whole liver perfusion for acute liver failure. This involves blood being diverted from a large vein, usually in the leg, to a whole liver (perfusion) outside the body (extracorporeal) and returned to the patient through another large vein, usually in the neck.

Is this guidance up to date?

Next review: March 2024

Guidance development process

How we develop NICE interventional procedures guidance

Coding and clinical classification codes for this guidance 

Endorsing bodies

This interventional procedures guidance is endorsed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland as required by the Health and Social Care Act (2012).

  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)