Renal perfusion preservation without cannulation. Prevention of posttransplantation renal artery stenosis.
Cadaver kidneys were preserved by a technique that uses hypothermic pulsatile perfusion without cannulation of the renal arteries. This avoids the mechanical trauma that is inevitably associated with cannulation and preserves a maximum of untraumatized arterial tissue. Cannulation injury is thus eliminated as a potential cause of renal artery stenosis. Revascularization is simplified, especially when multiple renal arteries are attached to a cuff of aorta.
D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012034:Refrigeration; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000517:prevention & control; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods