Improved functional parameters of liver perfusion with a complete medium

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 2340 - 2342
• Main Authors: Ben Abdennebi, H., Margonari, J., Steghens, J.-P., Voiglio, E.J., Boillot, O.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.1997; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adenosine; Allopurinol; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation; Glutathione; Insulin; Liver - physiopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Organ Preservation Solutions; Perfusion - standards; Raffinose; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Solutions; Rat; Liver; Rodentia; Vitamin; Solutes; Glucose; Metabolism; Isolated organ; Liver function; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Organ preservation; Cytoprotector; Medium effect; Perfusion; Aminoacid; Animal

THEORETICALLY, freezing and continuous aerobic perfusion are the only methods for obtaining long term organ preservation. Paradoxically, from a clinical point of view, the most convenient method of short period organ preservation for transplantation is simple cold storage. The goal in organ preserva...