Kidney Allograft Retrieval in Donations After Cardiac Death Following Type A0 Dissection Extending to Both Renal Origins.

Abstract

Controlled organ retrieval in donors after cardiac death has been increasing in Australia to help bridge the gap in demand and supply. Donation of organs from donors with acute aortic syndrome has been scarcely reported. Several concerns exist related to ischemic insults before retrieval from malperfusion, systemic inflammatory state in dissection, and involvement of donor organ vessels that may preclude the ability of surgeons to perform successful anastomosis of healthy vessels. Here, we have described a case in which both kidneys were successfully retrieved from a donor after cardiac death who had a type A0 aortic dissection. Despite radiological malperfusion and concern about vessel integrity, donor organs were unaffected and had immediate graft function.

• Authors: Animesh Singla, Ramesh De Silva, Jacqueline Rae Hawthorne, Ruth Hardstaff, Taina Lee, Lawrence Yeun, Jerome Laurence, Henry Pleass
• Journal: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (Exp Clin Transplant) Vol. 20 Issue 5 Pg. 531-533 (05 2022) ISSN: 2146-8427 [Electronic] Turkey
• PMID: 35620892 (Publication Type: Case Reports)

Topics

• Allografts
• Death
• Humans
• Kidney
• Tissue Donors
• Treatment Outcome