Articles tagged "Machine preservation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Edge of Glory: Determinants of Success and Failure for Prolonged Cold Ischemia in Kidney Transplantation
A. Turner¹, M. Hamidi¹, V. Ariyamuthu², R. Harland¹, B. Tanriover²
¹Surgery, Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ²Medicine, Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: Prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT>30 hours) is associated with an increased risk of primary non-function and early graft loss in kidney transplantation, although this…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Experience with Machine Retrograde Perfusion of Deceased Donor Kidneys: Short-term Outcomes of a Prospective Study
J. Zeng, Q. Zhong, S. Yin, Z. Jia, Z. Huang, Y. Fan, X. Wang, T. Lin, T. Song
Urology Institute and Organ Transplantation Center, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: To maximize the utilization of potential kidneys, improving perfusion and preservation technique is necessary. This article mainly investigated the safety and efficacy of retrograde…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Dual Lactate Clearance in the Liver Viability Assessment During Normothermic Machine Perfusion
M. Xu¹, F. Zhou¹, O. Ahmed¹, J. Shin¹, Y. Zhu¹, G. Upadhya¹, K. Byrnes², B. Wong¹, J. Kim¹, Y. Lin¹, W. Chapman¹
¹Department of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Liver normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has been increasingly performed as a tool of organ preservation and to evaluate donor function. The perfusate lactate clearance…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Recovery After Extended Static Cold Storage Preservation Using Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion in VCA
M. Goutard¹, R. J. de Vries¹, A. G. Lellouch¹, E. Lupon¹, C. Pendexter¹, S. N. Tessier¹, M. A. Randolph¹, L. Lantieri², C. L. Cetrulo¹, K. Uygun¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, ²Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
*Purpose: Vascularized composite allografts (VCA) are more sensitive to cold ischemia than solid organ transplants due to the remaining metabolism in skeletal muscle cells. In…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Machine Perfusion of Kidney Grafts in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation: National Trends and Outcomes
A. Chang¹, M. Chen¹, P. Abt¹, T. Bittermann²
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: In this study we analyze the SRTR liver data set to determine the trends in machine perfusion of kidney grafts prior to SLK and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Machine Perfusion of the Heart on Abdominal Organ Procurement from Donation After Cardiac Death Donors
C. Feizpour, C. Hwang, A. Shubin, J. Shah, L. DeGregoria, S. Hanish, P. Vagefi, M. MacConmara
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Superior preservation with normothermic machine perfusion devices has been demonstrated in thoracic and abdominal allografts, especially DCD donation, where clinical utilization of DCD hearts…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Feasibility of Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion for Human Kidney Transplantation: First North American Results
L. I. Mazilescu¹, P. Urbanellis¹, J. S. Kim¹, A. Konvalinka¹, T. W. Reichman¹, L. A. Robinson², A. Ghanekar¹, M. Selzner¹
¹Ajmera Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Normothermic ex vivo kidney perfusion is a novel preservation technique with promising results in porcine models and initial clinical results in one European center.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Versatile Strategy to Enhance Nanomedicine Delivery to Graft Endothelial Cells
C. Albert¹, L. G. Bracaglia¹, A. Koide², J. DiRito¹, T. Lysyy¹, C. Edwards¹, J. T. Langford¹, D. Haakinson¹, S. A. Hosgood³, M. L. Nicholson³, J. S. Pober¹, W. M. Saltzman¹, S. Kiode², G. Tietjen¹
¹Yale University, new haven, CT, ²Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Efficient delivery of therapeutics to graft endothelial cells (EC) can potentially render organs more resistant to injury, improving clinical outcomes. Specific targeting of polymeric…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Thrombolytic Therapy During Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Livers Reduces Peribiliary Vascular Plexus Injury
O. Haque¹, S. Raigani², I. Rosales², C. Carroll², T. M. Coe², S. Baptista², H. Yeh², K. Uygun², J. F. Markmann²
¹Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: A major limitation in expanding the use of DCD livers in transplantation are the higher rates of graft failure secondary to ischemic cholangiopathy. Warm…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Inhibition of Apoptosis During Ex Situ Liver Normothermic Machine Perfusion Decreases Reperfusion Injury and Improves Viability
S. Raigani¹, S. Baptista¹, A. Ohman², J. Santiago², I. Rosales¹, M. Heaney², J. Boylan², T. Coe¹, K. Uygun¹, J. Sanders², H. Yeh¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pediatric Endocrinology, Brown University, Providence, RI
*Purpose: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is an ideal platform for delivery of novel therapeutics aimed at rehabilitation of discarded or marginal livers. We examined the…

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