Role of posttransplant kidney biopsy after hypothermic pulsatile perfusion.
Biopsies were obtained from 24 perfused cadaver kidneys. The histologic findings were correlated with short- and long-term kidney function after transplantation. There was no correlation between structural findings present immediately after perfusion and transplantation and short- or long-term kidney function. Thus, we believe that one-hour posttransplant kidney biopsy does not have a role in assessing recently perfused and transplanted kidneys.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002102:Cadaver; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D010477:Perfusion; D011379:Prognosis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous