Postoperative Bleeding after AB0-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 42; no. 10; pp. 4164 - 4166
• Main Authors: Renner, F.C, Czekalinska, B, Kemkes-Matthes, B, Feustel, A, Stertmann, W.A, Padberg, W, Weimer, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2010
• Subjects: ABO Blood-Group System; Blood Group Incompatibility; Blood Loss, Surgical; Humans; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Living Donors; Prospective Studies; Surgery

Abstract Background Since 2007, we have performed 14 AB0-incompatible (AB0i) living kidney transplantations to increase the number of living kidney transplantations. Methods To prevent clotting, donor kidneys were perfused with an HTK/heparin solution with heparin washed out immediately pretransplan...