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PRESERVATION OF CADAVER KIDNEYS BEFORE TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
Scott D. F.,
Martin D. R.,
Kountz S. L.,
Belzer F. O.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb63415.x
Subject(s) - cadaver , medicine , transplantation , dialysis , surgery , perfusion , kidney transplantation , kidney
Perfusion preservation of cadaver kidneys has been extensively studied in our laboratory and in our cadaver transplant programme. In dogs, renal function was normal after 24 hours of perfusion preservation and only transiently impaired after 72 hours. During the first two and a half years of our cadaver transplant programme, kidneys have been stored for up to 50 hours. In the last 64 consecutive transplants of cadaver kidneys stored for a mean of 28 hours, 8% of the patients required postoperative dialysis. Prolonged preservation makes time available for kidney‐cell typing, cross matching, and functional assessment of the graft before transplantation. When these studies are completed, an unhurried transplant can be performed on a well‐prepared recipient at a time convenient to the medical and nursing staff.