ISSN:
1434-0879
Keywords:
Kidney transplantation
;
Rat
;
Renal ischaemia
;
Renal preservation
;
Microsurgical technique
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary A modified technique for preservation and transplantation of rat kidneys, allowing precise control of the periods of warm and cold ischaemia, is presented. The donor kidney is placed in a continuously cooled micropuncture cup during the insertion. End-to-end anastomosis of arteries and veins is performed. The technique causes negligible circulatory changes on restoration of the blood flow. Eighty-nine consecutive transplantations are analysed. Complications from the vascular anastomoses occurred in 6% (5/89). In 53 survival experiments complications from the ureteric anastomoses occurred in 9% (5/53). The methodological scatter was small, with a distinct difference in the serum creatinine course and mortality of recipients obtaining kidneys subjected to cold is chaemia for different lengths of time.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00271437
