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
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