title: Is Euro-Collins better than ringer lactate in live related donor renal transplantation?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Euro-Collins and University of Wisconsin are preferred solutions in cadaveric renal transplantation. There are no guidelines regarding the perfusion fluids in live donor renal transplantation. We studied whether Euro-Collins was better than Ringer lactate in terms of protecting allograft function.
  
  
  METHODS
  A double-blind permuted randomized trial comparing Euro-Collins and Ringer lactate was performed on 100 patients undergoing live related donor renal transplantation. Outcome variable was serum creatinine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age, sex, donor nephrectomy and ischemia times, kidney temperature, time of first appearance of urine was not significantly different in both the groups. Fall in serum creatinine was significantly more in Euro-Collins than Ringer lactate in the first postoperative week (P-<0.05). The time to reach nadir creatinine was 4.97 days in Euro-Collins and 7.75 days in the Ringer lactate group (P-0.088). Serum creatinine was significantly lower in the Euro-Collins group till six months, thereafter it equalized with Ringer lactate. When individual parameters were analyzed for time to nadir creatinine, only the cold ischemia time of > 80 min was found to be significant (P-0.024). Twelve kidneys in Euro-Collins and 17 in the Ringer lactate group had cold ischemia times of >/=80 min and time to nadir creatinine was 4.33 +/-3.74 and 12.76+/- 12.68 days (P-0.035).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal function normalized rapidly when Euro-Collins was used. Cold ischemia time of >/= 80 min was the most important factor affecting the graft function and perfusing with Euro-Collins could protect the allograft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, India.
authors.forename: G Siva
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Chacko N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Ninan
authors.forename: Antony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Devasia
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gnanaraj
authors.forename: Nitin S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kekre
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gopalakrishnan