Open AccessAssessment of renal graft function by perioperative monitoring of cortical microcirculation in kidney transplantation.1
Author(s) -
M Angelescu,
Thomas Kraus,
M. Wiesel,
Olaf Hergesell,
Uwe Haberkorn,
E. Klar
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000061600.74982.0d
Subject(s) - medicine , perfusion , microcirculation , perioperative , transplantation , acute tubular necrosis , kidney transplantation , renal cortex , machine perfusion , renal function , kidney , urology , surgery , liver transplantation
We evaluated the significance of perioperative cortical microperfusion for graft function and long-term prognosis after renal allotransplantation. Thermodiffusion technology was clinically applied for the first time, after previous validation for perfusion monitoring of the renal cortex in pigs.