title: Renal preservation technics.
abstract: This paper discusses modern renal preservation technics, presenting historic background, advantages, and clinical methods. The monitoring of perfused kidneys, methods of in situ hypothermia, the uses of renal preservation in extracorporeal surgery, and the results of cadaver kidney preservation at the Medical University of South Carolina are highlighted.
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D010477:Perfusion; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous