title: [Transplanting day and night].
abstract: A single-centre observational study, conducted in the Netherlands and published in this journal, assessed whether night-time renal transplantation is associated with an increased risk of surgical complications. The study concluded that night-time renal transplantation can be considered a safe procedure and that, in order to minimise cold storage time, the procedure should not be delayed until the morning. The study may not be applicable to all other transplant centres. The way in which hospitals and surgical teams are organised differs. These factors influence a surgeon's workload when on call, and may be associated with the incidence of surgical complications. Future studies could try to quantify workload and analyse whether it is associated with the incidence of complications.
authors.affiliation: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Nefrologie, Leiden.
authors.forename: Darius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soonawala
mesh_terms: D050377:Cold Ischemia; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male