Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen |
2016
Abstract
Kidney procurement from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is an important part of worldwide transplantation programmes. We used the technique of "in situ" procurement with the double balloon triple lumen catheter and 5-10 minutes of the no-touch internal.
The method of pulsatile hypothermic perfusion was used to the test the viability of the kidneys. 30-day mortality and morbidity rates were 0 and 10,7 i.e. 14,3% respectively (N=4). The long-term results are fully comparable with kidneys transplanted from donors after brain death.
DCD are an important source for kidney transplantation. Kidney transplantation from DCD is a logistically, economically and personally demanding method with very good long-term results.