"Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation"

"To the Editor: Moers et al. (Jan. 1 issue) (...) report on their trial of machine perfusion versus static storage of kidneys from deceased donors. The benefit of machine perfusion (...) is probably that it ensures a uniform distribution of preservation fluid throughout the organ, which is better than a single flush.

Perhaps this benefit can be illustrated best by our experience with a series of 38 poorly preserved kidneys obtained at our center from 19 donors after cardiac death, all of whom had undergone femoral cannulation and were Maastricht category II or III donors. (...)"

Source:
New England Journal of Medicine
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