Pulsatile machine perfusion compared to cold storage in kidney preservation
Costa V, Brophy J, McGregor M
Record ID 32007000448
French
Authors' objectives:
This report evaluated the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of pulsatile machine perfusion compared to cold storage in kidney preservation.
Authors' recommendations:
The available evidence suggests that machine preservation technology is likely to be cost saving and moreover capital costs are relatively small. The TAU therefore recommends that this technology should be acquired. Since the evidence on which this recommendation is based is far from perfect it is further recommended that transplantation outcomes with machine perfusion should be prospectively recorded and compared with those from kidneys preserved by cold storage.
New data from ongoing RCTs may provide additional information on the role of this technology and this report and recommendations will need to be re-evaluated as this new evidence becomes available.
Authors' methods:
Overview
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.mcgill.ca/files/tau/machine_perfusion_May_10.pdf
Year Published:
2007
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Kidney Transplantation
- Organ Preservation
Contact
Organisation Name:
Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
Contact Address:
Technology Assessment Unit of the MUHC, 536-5100 Boul. Maisonneuve O, Montreal, H4A 3T2
Contact Name:
eva.suarthana@mcgill.ca
Contact Email:
nisha.almeida@muhc.mcgill.ca
Copyright:
Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
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