title: [National prospective survey on the surgical quality of renal transplants in France. Study conducted by the Association Française d'Urologie Transplantation Committee].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this prospective study was to describe the nature of the lesions observed during brain-dead cadavre donor kidney harvesting in France and to identify the risk factors for these lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire elaborated by the AFU Transplantation Committee concerning the quality of kidneys harvested from cadavre donors was sent to all centres performing renal transplantation in France in 2000. This prospective study was conducted over a period of 1 year and concerned the overall multi-organ harvesting procedure based on all data concerning the renal parenchyma, arteriovenous and ureteric characteristics, and the outcome of the transplants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve centres completed the survey, allowing analysis of the data of 201 donor kidneys. 91% of harvesting surgeons were urologists. Various incidents were reported during 11% of harvesting procedures, but 1/3 of the abnormalities were not recorded by the harvesting surgeon. Isolated kidney harvesting was found to be a risk factor (20% vs 8.6%). The rate of parenchymal abnormalities was 50%, 2/3 of which were related to inadequate removal of perirenal fat. Atheroma was a risk factor for arterial lesions during harvesting (21% vs 6.50). Venous abnormalities were detected in 9% of cases: 89% of them were due to the harvesting procedure and 59% of them were not identified by the harvesting surgeon. The fact of not being a transplant surgeon was a risk factor for venous lesions (21.9% vs 6.5%). 4% of ureteric lesions were observed with no consequence on graft outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adequate removal of perirenal fat before conditioning is not acquired. Isolated kidney harvesting and atheroma were risk factors for parenchymal and arterial lesions, respectively. Venous harvesting anomalies were more frequent among non-transplant surgeons.
authors: Service d'Urologie, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France. gregory.verhoest@wanadoo.fr
authors: Grégory
authors: G
authors: Verhoest
authors: Laurent
authors: L
authors: Salomon
authors: Benoît
authors: B
authors: Barrou
authors: Karim
authors: K
authors: Bensalah
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Guille
authors: Bernard
authors: B
authors: Lobel
authors: Jacques
authors: J
authors: Petit
authors: Jean-Michel
authors: JM
authors: Boutin
authors: Jean-Luc
authors: JL
authors: Descotes
authors: Bertrand
authors: B
authors: Dore
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Staerman
authors: Gérard
authors: G
authors: Benoit
authors: Lionel
authors: L
authors: Badet
authors: Jacques
authors: J
authors: Hubert
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Lechevallier
authors: Jean-Jacques
authors: JJ
authors: Patard
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011786:Quality Control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires