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Effect of donor nephrectomy time during circulatory-dead donor kidney retrieval on transplant graft failure

Line Heylen, Jacques Pirenne, Udo Emmanuel Samuel, Ineke Tieken, Maarten Coemans, Maarten Naesens, Ben Sprangers, Ina Jochmans

British journal of surgery · 2019 · 25 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Prolonged donor nephrectomy time impairs graft outcome in kidneys donated after circulatory death. Keeping this short, together with efficient cooling during nephrectomy, might improve outcome.

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