| Title | Comparison of preservation solutions in an experimental model of organ cooling in kidney transplantation. | | Author(s) | Kay MD, Hosgood SA, Bagul A, Nicholson ML | | Institution | Transplant Group, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK. | | Source | Br J Surg 2009 Oct; 96(10):1215-21. | | MeSH | Adenosine
Allopurinol
Animals
Body Temperature
Cold Temperature
Glutathione
Hypertonic Solutions
Hypothermia, Induced
Insulin
Kidney
Kidney Transplantation
Models, Biological
Organ Preservation Solutions
Raffinose
Swine
| | Abstract | BACKGROUND: Viscous preservation solutions such as University of Wisconsin solution (UW) may be less effective at rapid removal of blood from an organ so that cooling takes longer. This study assessed the temperature changes of kidneys flushed with UW and hyperosmolar citrate (HOC).
METHODS: Porcine kidneys were retrieved and flushed with 500 ml UW or HOC at 4 degrees C while monitoring kidney temperature at depths of 5 and 20 mm. Renal function was measured on an isolated organ preservation system.
RESULTS: The mean(s.d.) rate of temperature fall was slower with UW (at 20 mm: 0.64(0.11) versus 1.01(0.56) degrees C per min per 100 g; P = 0.016). The perfusion flow rate required to reduce the temperature to less than 10 degrees C at a depth of 20 mm was lower in the UW group (P = 0.002). Kidneys flushed with HOC gained more weight than those flushed with UW (mean(s.d.) 50(8) versus 7(13) per cent; P = 0.002). Flushing with UW was associated with less histological injury but there were no significant differences in renal function parameters between the groups.
CONCLUSION: UW cooled kidneys more slowly than HOC, but with no adverse effect on renal function. UW resulted in less oedema and histological injury than HOC. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 19787767 |
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