AAMS Surgery & Clinical Practice · Vol. 2 · Issue 2 · 2025-06-20
Transplant Surgery Innovations: Machine Perfusion of Donor Kidneys - A Multicenter RCT
van der Berg JW, de Vries R, Bakker M
Department of Transplant Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands¹; Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands²
Abstract
Multicenter randomized trial comparing hypothermic machine perfusion versus cold storage for deceased donor kidneys in 500 transplants, demonstrating reduced delayed graft function (18% vs 29%) and improved 1-year graft survival.
Keywords: Kidney Transplant, Machine Perfusion, Organ Preservation, Delayed Graft Function, RCT
Full Text
Multicenter randomized trial comparing hypothermic machine perfusion versus cold storage for deceased donor kidneys in 500 transplants, demonstrating reduced delayed graft function (18% vs 29%) and improved 1-year graft survival.
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