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SUBMITTER: Tingle SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6419919 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tingle Samuel J SJ Figueiredo Rodrigo S RS Moir John Ag JA Goodfellow Michael M Talbot David D Wilson Colin H CH
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20190315
<h4>Background</h4>Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease. Retrieval, transport and transplant of kidney grafts causes ischaemia reperfusion injury. The current accepted standard is static cold storage (SCS) whereby the kidney is stored on ice after removal from the donor and then removed from the ice box at the time of implantation. However, technology is now available to perfuse or "pump" the kidney during the transport phase or at the recipient centre. Th ...[more]