Cold Pulsatile Machine Perfusion versus Static Cold Storage in Kidney Transplantation: A Single Centre Experience

Table 3

Results. DGF was statistically significantly higher in the Cold Storage group and in DCD grafts. Length of hospital stay was longer in kidney that developed DGF (ANOVA).

				Preservation modality				p value
				Cold Storage		Hypothermic Machine Perfusion
				Total	Mean ± St. Dev.	Total	Mean ± St. Dev.
DGF	N			17/33		25/33		0.041
	Y			16/33		8/33
DGF	N	LOS (days)		17/33	12.8 ± 6.4	25/33	9.9 ± 4.1	0.69
	Y	LOS (days)		16/33	36.4 ± 20.6	8/33	25.3 ± 16.1
	N	LOS (days)		42/66	11.6 ± 5.7			<0.01
	Y	LOS (days)		24/66	29.1 ± 18.2
DGF	N	DCD	N	15/21		18/21		0.27
			Y	2/21		7/21
	Y	DCD	N	6/12		3/12		0.036
			Y	10/12		5/12
Graft loss	N			30/33		32/33		0.31
	Y			3/33		1/33
Pt survival	N			0/33		1/33		0.32
	Y			33/33		32/33

DCD= donation after circulatory death; DGF=delayed graft function; LOS= length of hospital stay; N= no; Y=yes.