Abstract
Introduction: To match the current organ demand with organ availability from the donor pool, there has been a shift towards acceptance of extended criteria donors (ECD), often associated with longer ischemic times. Novel dynamic preservation techniques as hypothermic or normothermic machine perfusion (MP) are increasingly adopted, particularly for organs from ECDs. In this study, we compared the viability and incidence of reperfusion injury in kidneys and livers preserved with MP versus Static Cold Storage (SCS). Methods: Systematic review and meta-analysis with a search performed between February and March 2019. MEDLINE, EMBASE and Transplant Library were searched via OvidSP. The Cochrane Library and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) were also searched. English language filter was applied. Results: the systematic search generated 10,585 studies, finally leading to a total of 30 papers for meta-analysis of kidneys and livers. Hypothermic MP (HMP) statistically significantly lowered the incidence of primary nonfunction (PMN, p = 0.003) and delayed graft function (DGF, p < 0.00001) in kidneys compared to SCS, but not its duration. No difference was also noted for serum creatinine or eGFR post-transplantation, but overall kidneys preserved with HMP had a significantly longer one-year graft survival (OR: 1.61 95% CI: 1.02 to 2.53, p = 0.04). Differently from kidneys where the graft survival was affected, there was no significant difference in primary non function (PNF) for livers stored using SCS for those preserved by HMP and NMP. Machine perfusion demonstrated superior outcomes in early allograft dysfunction and post transplantation AST levels compared to SCS, but however, only HMP was able to significantly decrease serum bilirubin and biliary stricture incidence compared to SCS. Conclusions: MP improves DGF and one-year graft survival in kidney transplantation; it appears to mitigate early allograft dysfunction in livers, but more studies are needed to prove its potential superiority in relation to PNF in livers.
Keywords: machine perfusion, organ preservation, temperature, hypothermic, normothermic, transplant
1. Introduction
The increasing demand for allografts and growing waiting lists have led to the utilisation of organs from extended criteria donors (ECDs) or organs with prolonged ischemic times [1]. These organs are associated with higher rates of discard due to an anticipated increased risk of primary non function (PNF) or delayed graft function (DGF); therefore, novel dynamic preservation technologies are increasingly being adopted with the aim to allow organ utilisation in these circumstances.
Dynamic preservation is not a novel concept yet: ex situ organ perfusion was introduced in 1934 by Charles Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel, who developed the first machine perfusion (MP) to preserve animal organs, but the first application in a human kidney was performed by Belzer in 1967. Although the initial result was successful, the concept of dynamic preservation was not pursued forward at that time, with a progressive utilisation of static cold storage (SCS) mainly for logistic and economic reasons.
In the last thirty years instead, with the change in demographics of the donor population and the idea of tailoring the preservation method to the single graft, the debate as to what is the optimal organ treatment prior to transplantation, along with the possibility to ideally let the parenchymal cells continue their metabolic activity before implantation, has led to a re-investigation of the technique of dynamic preservation [2]. In this scenario, where the temperature setting seems to be a main determinant for the subsequent cell activity, and with no evidence for the gold standard temperature to store retrieved grafts before implantation, there are two main modalities as alternatives to SCS: hypothermic (0–4 °C) or normothermic (34–37 °C) machine perfusion.
The aim of this study is to provide evidence with a systematic review and metanalysis of the outcomes in terms of organ viability and incidence of reperfusion injury in hypothermic/normothermic MP in comparison to SCS in kidney and liver human grafts.
2. Methods
The following search algorithm was adopted (Table 1):
Table 1.
Step | Input |
---|---|
1 | Machine perfusion and (Hypothermic or Normothermic) |
2 | (Organ* or kidney or liver) and (Preserv*) |
3 | 1 and 2 |
4 | Temperature and cell metabolism |
5 | 3 or 4 |
6 | Transplant* |
7 | exp Transplantation/ |
8 | 6 or 7 |
9 | Renal* or kidney or liver or hepat* |
10 | (university of wisconsin or UW or HTK or histidine* or collins or hyperosmolar citrate or HOC or celsior or IGL-1 or institut-George* or custodial or belzer or MPS or KPS or marshall* or hypertonic citrate or soltran or ross) |
11 | 8 and 9 and 10 |
12 | 5 or 11 |
2.1. Inclusion Criteria
All published studies including: abstracts from conferences, primary research on new preservation strategies, clinical trials (randomised controlled trials, non-randomised trials), retrospective studies (single centre study, cohort study), and case-controlled studies on organ transplantation of kidney and liver comparing normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) and/or hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) to CS. To be included, the study had to analyse and discuss the effects of preservation temperatures on ≥1 following post-transplant outcomes. For kidneys: PNF, incidence and duration of DGF, serum creatinine post-surgery, one year graft survival, acute rejection, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). For livers: PNF, serum bilirubin post-surgery, biliary stricture incidence, 1–7 day post-surgery peak AST and early allograft dysfunction (EAD).
2.2. Primary Objectives
Compare DGF in transplanted kidneys (defined as the need for dialysis within 7 days post-transplantation) and EAD (defined using Olthoff [3] criteria) in transplanted livers preserved by MP to SCS.
Compare PNF in kidneys and livers preserved by machine perfusion and simple cold storage.
Compare post-transplantation estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and serum creatinine levels in kidneys preserved via HMP and SCS.
Compare post-transplantation bilirubin and AST levels in serum in livers preserved via MP and SCS.
2.3. Secondary Objectives
Where sufficient data existed, to compare one-year graft survival of organs perfused by MP and SCS.
Compare acute organ rejection of organs preserved via MP and SCS.
Indirectly compare the effectiveness of preserving liver grafts with HMP and NMP through evaluating studies that compared HMP to SCS and NMP to SCS.
2.4. Data Extraction and Review
Studies identified by the search strategy were screened for meeting the inclusion criteria using the titles and abstracts. Short-listed studies were further checked by reading the whole paper to exclude any ineligible studies, on the basis of the primary and secondary objectives.
2.5. Risk of Bias Assessment
The two reviewers (MN and JY) assessed the risk of bias independently. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and retrospective studies in humans were assessed by the Jadad scale. Where there was a disagreement about a Jadad score, advice from a third party (MIB) was sought.
2.6. Data Analysis
Meta-analysis was performed in Revman 5.3 [4]. The effect estimate was calculated together with 95% CI, studies were weighted by sample size, and heterogeneity was assessed with an I2 test. When I2 > 50%, a random effects model was used to account for heterogeneity, otherwise a fixed effects model was used. The summary effect was determined using the p-value calculated from the Z test. Odds ratio (OR) was used to compare dichotomous data in organs perfused by HMP/NMP to SCS.
Standardised mean difference (SMD) was used to compare continuous data. For the papers that did not report mean and standard deviation, the method suggested by the Wan et al. 2014 paper [5] was used to approximate mean and standard deviation values using the median and either the interquartile range or range reported in those papers. Studies where this method was used are marked by * in the forest plots.
3. Results
The systematic search generated 10,585 studies of which 672 abstracts and papers were shortlisted by reading the abstract title, and they were further reduced to 102 after reading the abstract. Finally, after reading the full article, a total of 30 papers were selected for meta-analysis (Figure 1).
3.1. Selected Study Characteristics
Twenty-two studies [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27] identified by the systematic search were included into the analysis (Table 2); fifteen were published papers and seven were abstracts. Ten were RCTs [6,11,12,15,16,18,19,21,24,25], seven studies were retrospective [7,8,9,10,17,22,23], and five were prospective [13,14,20,26,27]. Predominantly, the studies used a LifePort® kidney transporter for hypothermic machine preservation; there was a large variation in cold storage solution type, with some studies not mentioning the specific cold storage preservation solution, but instead referring to local guidelines.
Table 2.
Study | Study Type | Machine | Cold Storage Preservation Solution | Donor Type | HMP Grafts (N) | Cold Storage Grafts (N) |
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Amaduzzi 2011(abstract) [6] | RCT | ? | ? | DCD | 48 | 59 |
Bellini 2019 [7] | Retrospective | RM3® Waters Medical System | ? | DBD, DCD | 33 | 33 |
Dion 2015 [8] | Retrospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | ? | DBD, DCD, ECD | 15 | 15 |
Forde 2012 (abstract) [9] | Retrospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | UW | DBD, ECD | 88 | 88 |
Forde 2016 [10] | Retrospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | UW | ECD | 93 | 93 |
Gallinat 2012 [12] | RCT | LifePort Kidney transporter® | HTK or UW | DBD and DCD | 85 | 85 |
Gallinat 2015 (abstract) [11] | RCT | ? | ? | ECD | 50 | 44 |
Gallinat 2017 [13] | Prospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | HTK or UW | DBD | 43 | 43 |
Guy 2015 [14] | Prospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | ? | DCD, ECD | 74 | 101 |
Jochmans 2010 [15] | RCT | LifePort Kidney transporter® | HTK or UW | DBD and DCD | 82 | 82 |
Kox 2018 [16] | RCT | LifePort Kidney transporter® | HTK or CS-UW | DBD, DCD, ECD | 376 | 376 |
Kuo 2011 (abstract) [17] | Retrospective | ? | ? | DCD, DBD | 2155 | 2155 |
Merion 1990 [18] | RCT | MOX-100 | Euro-Collins | DBD | 51 | 51 |
Moers 2009 [19] | RCT | LifePort Kidney transporter® | HTK or UW or Euro-Collins | DBD and DCD | 336 | 336 |
Moustafellos 2007 [20] | Prospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | UW | DCD | 18 | 18 |
Paul 2008 (abstract) [21] | RCT | ? | ? | ECD | 118 | 118 |
Plata-Munoz 2010 (abstract) [22] | Retrospective | ? | ? | DCD | 83 | 34 |
Sedigh 2013 [23] | Retrospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | HTK, UW, Euro-Collins, Custodiol-N | ECD | 52 | 87 |
Tedesco-Silva 2017 [24] | RCT | LifePort Kidney transporter® | SPS-1, Celsior preservation solution | DBD | 80 | 80 |
Wang 2017 [25] | RCT | LifePort Kidney transporter® | ? | DCD | 24 | 24 |
Yao 2016 [26] | Prospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | UW | DCD | 39 | 34 |
Yuan 2014 (abstract) [27] | Prospective | LifePort Kidney transporter® | ? | DCD | 32 | 32 |
The main difference between LifePort® and RM3® is that the latter provides oxygen by sweeping air over the membrane within the circuit.
Four studies identified in the systematic search were focused on comparing the effects of HMP and SCS in liver preservation [28,29,30,31] (Table 3). There was a lot of heterogeneity in the type of machine used for HMP of liver grafts; however, almost all studies had used the University Wisconsin solution for SCS.
Table 3.
Study | Study Type | Machine | Cold Storage Preservation Solution | Donor Type | HMP Grafts (N) | Cold Storage Grafts (N) |
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Dutkowski 2015 [28] | Observational | ECOPS device (Organ Assist)® | University Wisconsin | DCD, DBD | 25 | 50 |
Guarrera 2010 [29] | Observational | Modified Medtronic PBS® | University Wisconsin | DCD, ECD | 20 | 20 |
Guarrera 2015 [30] | Observational | Modified Medtronic PBS® | University Wisconsin | ECD | 31 | 30 |
Van Rijn 2017 [31] | Observational | Liver Assist (Organ Assist) ® | According to local guidelines | DCD, DBD | 10 | 20 |
Four normothermic perfusion of the liver vs SCS studies [32,33,34,35] were included in the meta-analysis (Table 4). The predominant machine perfusion device was OrganOx metra®. There were a variety of cold storage preservation solutions, and the most prevalent donor type was DBD (Table 4).
Table 4.
Study | Study Type | Machine | Cold Storage Preservation Solution | Donor Type | NMP Grafts (N) | Cold Storage Grafts (N) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ghinolfi 2019 [35] | RCT | Liver Assist (Organ Assist)® | Celsior solution | DBD | 10 | 10 |
Jassem 2018 [34] | Observational | OrganOx metra® | University Wisconsin | DBD | 12 | 27 |
Nasralla 2018 [32] | RCT | OrganOx metra® | According to local guidelines | DBD, DCD | 121 | 101 |
Ravikumar 2016 [33] | Observational | OrganOx metra® | University Wisconsin | DBD, DCD | 20 | 39 |
3.2. Risk of Bias Assessment
Overall studies had a poor Jadad score, and this is explained by many retrospective studies where organs preserved with MP were matched with organs preserved via SCS, so therefore no randomisation or blinding was possible. There was a significant proportion of RCT’s in the meta-analyses of HMP vs SCS in kidneys (Table 5) and NMP vs SCS in livers (Table 6); however, all of the studies comparing HMP to SCS in liver were retrospective studies and therefore had poor Jadad scales (Table 7).
Table 5.
Study | Randomisation | Randomisation Description |
Inappropriate Randomisation |
Double Blind |
Double Blinding Description |
Inappropriate Double Blinding | Description of Losses | Total Jadad Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gallinat 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Forde 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dion 2015 | 1 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guy 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gallinat 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jochmans 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Merion 1990 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Moers 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Moustafellos 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sedigh 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tedesco-Silva 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Bellini 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wang 2017 | 1 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Yao 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kox 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gallinat 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Forde 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Amaduzzi 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kuo 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paul 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Plata-Munoz 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Yuan 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Table 6.
Study | Randomisation | Randomisation Described | Inappropriate Randomisation | Double Blind | Double Blinding Description | Inappropriate Double Blinding | Description of Losses | Total Jadad Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dutkowski 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guarrera 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Van Rijn 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guarrera 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Table 7.
Study | Randomisation | Randomisation Described | Inappropriate Randomisation | Double Blind | Double Blinding Description | Inappropriate Double Blinding | Description of Losses | Total Jadad Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasralla 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Ravikumar 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jassem 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ghinolfi 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3.3. Kidney Transplant Outcomes
PNF, DGF (incidence and duration), acute rejection, serum Creatinine, one-year graft survival, and e-GFR were meta-analysed.
3.4. Primary Non-Function
Five studies [12,13,15,21,24] which reported PNF (816 patients), demonstrated that HMP significantly decreased primary nonfunction compared to SCS (OR: 0.35 95% CI 1.02 to 2.53, p = 0.003) (Figure 2).
3.5. Delayed Graft Function
Twenty-two studies [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27] comparing HMP and SCS described the incidence of DGF (Figure 3), and its duration (Figure 4), with a total of 7963 patients. The overall OR was 0.57 (0.45, 0.72, 95% CI), with p < 0.00001, favouring a statistically significantly lower prevalence of DGF in kidneys preserved by HMP.
Four of the studies [15,19,24,26] reporting DGF were included in a meta-analysis comparing the duration of DGF (352 patients) (Figure 4). There was no difference in duration of DGF in kidneys preserved with HMP and SCS (SMD: −0.04 CI 95% −0.25 to 0.17, p = 0.72) (Figure 4).
3.6. Acute Rejection
There was no significant difference in the prevalence of acute rejection in kidneys preserved by HMP or SCS (OR: 0.91 95% CI 0.66 to 1.27, p > 0.05). Five studies [12,15,19,23,25] were used for the meta-analysis of a total of 1193 patients (Figure 5).
3.7. Comparison of Serum Creatinine One Month after Kidney Transplantation
Three studies [15,24,26] reported one-month post-transplantation serum creatinine (397 patients). There was no significant difference in serum creatinine values (SMD: −0.16 95% CI −0.62 to 0.31) (Figure 6).
3.8. One-Year Graft Survival
Seven studies [7,10,11,13,15,19,23] that had data on graft survival (1397 patients) were meta-analysed. Overall, kidneys preserved with HMP had a significantly longer one-year graft survival (OR: 1.61 95% CI: 1.02 to 2.53, p = 0.04) (Figure 7).
3.9. Post-Transplant Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in HMP and SCS Kidneys
One of our previous studies [7] as well as the one from Tedesco et al. [24] were the only two that reported eGFR at more than one time point after the surgery. Combined meta-analyses of 200 patients demonstrate that HMP increased eGFR only on day 7 post surgery (SMD: 0.39 95% CI 0.11 to 0.67, p = 0.007) (Figure 8). There was no significant difference in eGFR of kidneys preserved with HMP and SCS both on day 14 (SMD: 0.99 95% CI −0.26 to 2.24, p > 0.05) (Figure 9) and day 365 (SMD: 0.6 95% CI −0.19 to 1.38, p > 0.05) (Figure 10).
3.10. Liver Transplant Outcomes
PNF, EAD, and AST serum levels, bilirubin serum levels, and the incidence of biliary strictures were meta-analysed.
3.11. Primary Non Function
In livers preserved both by HMP (Figure 11) and NMP (Figure 12), there was no significant difference in PNF compared to livers stored using SCS. The odds ratio comparing HMP to SCS was 0.36 95% CI 0.05 to 2.35, p = 0.29, and the odds ratio comparing NMP to SCS was 2.53 95% CI 0.10 to 62.70, p = 0.67.
3.12. Early Allograft Dysfunction
Four studies [28,29,30,31] compared EAD prevalence in livers stored using HMP and SCS (206 patients). Overall, livers stored with HMP showed lower prevalence of EAD (OR: 0.36 95% CI 0.17 to 0.75, p = 0.006) (Figure 13). Similar results were reported by the three studies comparing EAD prevalence in livers stored using NMP and SCS (301 patients). Overall, livers stored with NMP also showed lower prevalence of EAD compared to SCS (OR: 0.36 95% CI 0.17 to 0.75, p = 0.006) (Figure 14).
3.13. Serum AST
Two studies [28,29] (115 patients) comparing HMP to SCS demonstrated the superiority of HMP in reducing post-transplantation AST levels (SMD −0.59 95% CI −0.98 to −0.20, p = 0.003) (Figure 15). Similarly, four studies [32,33,34,35] that focused on comparing NMP to SCS demonstrated that livers preserved with NMP had significantly lower serum AST levels than SCS (OR: −0.63 95% CI −0.85 to −0.41, p < 0.00001) (Figure 16).
3.14. Serum Bilirubin
Results from Dutkowski [28], Guarrera [29], and van Rijn [31] (115 patients) demonstrated the overall significant decrease in post transplantation serum bilirubin (SMD: −0.59 95% CI −0.98 to −0.20, p = 0.003) in livers stored with HMP compared to SCS (Figure 17).
Three studies [32,34,35] comparing NMP to SCS described total serum bilirubin one week post transplantation (181 patients), and demonstrated that there was no significant difference in bilirubin levels (SMD: −0.20 95% Ci −0.44 to 0.03, p = 0.09) (Figure 18).
3.15. Biliary Strictures
Four studies [28,29,30,31] (Figure 19) comparing SCS to HMP in the preservation of livers (206 patients) demonstrated significant difference in incidence of post-transplantation strictures (OR: 2.59 95% CI 1.19 to 5.61, p = 0.02).
4. Discussion
This meta-analysis assessed the impact of dynamic preservation techniques on the viability and incidence of reperfusion injury in kidney and liver versus the traditional static cold storage before transplantation. The results were further sub-analysed in relation to the different organs considered.
HMP demonstrated significantly lowered delayed graft function incidence in transplanted kidneys compared to SCS, but it, however, had no effect on its duration, although only four studies reported this parameter. Furthermore, HMP was associated with reduced PNF and prolonged one-year graft survival, demonstrating the importance of machine perfusion technology in the utilisation of graft from extended criteria donors. Overall, serum creatinine of the transplanted grafts was similar, although a difference in eGFR could be seen on day 7 post transplantation. In the long term, there was yet no difference in kidneys preserved via HMP and SCS. This might lead to the debate of whether the long-term function of an organ is intrinsically related to the quality of the organ itself (standard or extended criteria), whilst the immediate post-transplant function is directly dependant on the preservation technique. For this reason, emergent possibilities of reconditioning during preservation are considered to improve the quality of the organ and to possibly impact the long-term outcome. In that regard, nutrients, therapeutic gases, mesenchymal stromal cells, gene therapies, and nanoparticles could be delivered to effectively repair an extended criteria organ during the preservation period and prior to implantation. The use of oxygen might in particular contribute to the long-term outcome of the preserved parenchymal cells. It is in fact of note, as shown in in Figure 10, that a difference in the one year eGFR is in favour of HMP kidneys preserved with an oxygenated circuit. Additional oxygen may support the aerobic activity and contrast the injury process of the cells with a more prominent effect in the long term. Furthermore, the efficiency of MP in assessing organ quality with possible reconditioning and predicting transplant outcome are of great interest in modern transplant practice, with an emerging role of these novel technologies to be evaluated as a possible diagnostic tool.
Differently from the kidney, no difference in PNF was seen in livers preserved via HMP or NMP compared to SCS; in liver preservation both HMP and NMP have demonstrated superior outcomes when it comes to mitigating early allograft dysfunction and post transplantation AST levels compared to SCS, but only HMP was able to significantly decrease serum bilirubin and the incidence of biliary strictures, compared to SCS. In addition to this, the value of AST as an end point is controversial because there can be a release of AST in the perfusate during MP; therefore, a more reliable marker should be considered in future studies. These conflicting results might be related to the relatively small numbers of RCT with, therefore, no sufficient evidence to conclude a clear superiority of one modality compared to the other. What appears to be clear is that more clinical studies are needed for verification with homogeneous parameters to measure the outcomes of interest.
In conclusion, there is growing evidence that MP allows for the utilisation of marginal kidneys with lower primary and delayed graft function rates. There is also evidence of improved early allograft dysfunction after dynamic preservation for livers, but more studies are needed to prove the potential superiority of these novel technologies.
Abbreviations
AST | Aspartate transaminase |
DGF | Delayed Graft Function |
DBD | Donor after Brain Death |
DCD | Donor after Cardiac Death |
EAD | Early Allograft Dysfunction |
eGFR | estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate |
ECD | Expanded Criteria Donor |
HMP | Hypothermic Machine Perfusion |
HTK | Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate |
KPS-1 | Kidney Perfusion Solution 1 |
MP | Machine Perfusion |
OR | Odds Ratio |
PNF | Primary Non-Function |
RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
SCS | Static Cold Storage |
SMD | Standardised Mean Difference |
SPS-1 | Static Preservation Solution 1 |
Author Contributions
M.I.B. designed the study, analysed the data and wrote the paper; M.N. performed the study, collected the data and wrote the paper; J.Y. performed the study and collected the data; V.P. designed the study, analysed the data and review the paper.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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