Therapeutic hypothermia in brain-dead organ donors has been shown to reduce delayed graft function in kidney recipients after transplantation. Data are needed on the effect of hypothermia as compared ...

Machine perfusion of kidneys from brain-dead donors is currently performed in approximately a third of all kidneys considered for transplantation in the United States. Machine perfusion of kidneys ...

Therapeutic hypothermia of donors didn't preserve kidney function as well as machine perfusion of the organ during cold storage, a randomized trial found. Compared with kidneys pumped with a ...

A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shows that, even 10 years after ...

For more than 100,000 patients in the U.S., their life depends on finding an organ to replace a damaged or diseased one. In the never-ending tug between organ supply and demand, the scales have never ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragonix Technologies, a pioneer in organ transplant technologies and organ procurement services, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance ...

Thanks to the technology, more donor kidneys can be transplanted. < Successful kidney transplant (from left): Susann Zeropa, OR Nursing, Dr. Cornelius van Beekum, surge ... Copyright: Copyright: ...

Hypothermia of brain-dead kidney donors and machine perfusion of the kidney can reduce delayed graft function, but whether hypothermia is as effective as machine perfusion is unclear. New research ...