Machine preservation of 450 cadaver kidneys.
Cadaver kidneys procured from homeostatic donors can be preserved for periods up to 67 hours without adversely affecting graft survival. Donor creatinine, use of vasopressors, and perfusion characteristics do not seem important factors.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001926:Brain Death; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous