With the successful testing of the immunosuppressive effects of cyclosporine in transplant
patients in 1978, the field of organ transplants began an exponential growth. With that, the …

Organ preservation for about 24 to 30 hours is required for use of most cadaveric organs.
This level of preservation has been achieved for the pancreas, liver, and kidney, and very …

Alexis Carrel took the initial steps in the area of organ preservation by successfully
preserving an artery for several days using chilled Locke's solution, although this effort was …

Over the last 20 years, a number of methods and solutions have been developed to
preserve donor organs for transplantation. Collins et al first introduced the simple cold …

Problems of Organ Preservation Page 1 TRANSPLANTATION Vol. 5, No. 4, Part 2 of 2 parts
Copyright, G) 1967 by The Williams & Wilkins Co. GGGGGLGG GGG LSLSS Problems of …

T he University of Wisconsin organ preservation solution (the UW Solution) is a complex
one, developed over a 15-year span, with the intent of creating a versatile solution that could …

Effective utilization of nonheartbeating cadaver donor organs is limited by the time required
to obtain the necessary family consent prior to organ retrieval (a delay of at least 4-6 hr); this …

Eurocollins has almost been abandoned because of the glucose disadvantage. UW is
certainly the most used preservation solution for livers, kidneys, and pancreases with …

Transplantation of organs continues to be a primary therapeutic modality for treatment of end-
stage organ disease, and 1-year graft survival rates show increasing improvements for most …

Two or three different solutions may be used to preserve thoracic and abdominal organs
during a single procurement. The aim of this prospective, multi‐center, noncomparative …