Options to improve the quality of kidney grafts from expanded criteria donors - experimental study

Abstract

The goal of our experimental study was to try to improve organ quality from these marginal donors. The presented results of our experimental studies establish that alternative methods of preservation during cold ischemia and before removal of kidney grafts from the donor may be beneficial for its function after transplantation.

We believe that these methods may be suitable especially for so-called margianl grafts from extended criteria donors.

Keywords

• transplantation
• donor after circulatory death
• controlled organ perfusion
• in situ perfusion
• retrograde oxygen persufflation