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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: World J Urol. 2019 Nov 2;38(7):1631–1641. doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-02989-z

Table 2:

Results of functional testing comparing fresh porcine kidneys to 3 PVA kidney formulations during hemostatic closure tests.

Kidney specimen Initial flow rate in ml/min Flow rate in ml/min (% drop) after applying 5N of force Flow rate in ml/min (% drop) after applying 10N of force
Porcine 120.9 54.5 (55.0%) 41.2 ml/min (65.9%)
7% PVA at 3FT cycles 270.2 115 (57.4%) 80.8 ml/min (70.1%)
9% PVA at 2FT cycles 243.7 187.9 (22.9%) 119.8 ml/min (50.8%)
10% PVA at 2FT cycles 338.7 251.4 (25.8%) 160.9 ml/min (52.5%)