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Transplantation

Findings from S. Vaccarisi and co-researchers advance knowledge in transplantation

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, July 14th, 2009

"Kidney transplantation represents the gold standard for treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease. Herein we sought to report our 10-year experience with cadaveric kidney transplantations," investigators in Cosenza, Italy report.

"From February 1995 to September 2008, we performed 115 kidney transplantations. were followed for an average of 4.9 years (range, 2.2-10.6 years). The cold ischemia time (CIT) averaged 13 +/- 3 hours, while the mean warm ischemic time was 25 +/- 10 minutes. The ureteral-bladder anastomosis was performed using Bracci catheters in the first series of 72 transplants, and double-J stents in the other 41 cases. The average waiting time...

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