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Discover Magazine—The People Making Organ Transplants More Efficient
In this article, Discover Magazine highlights how companies, such as Organ Recovery Systems, are transforming the way donated organs are preserved and transported. We're grateful to share our story, especially during National Donate Life Month! With the LifePort...
Hypothermic machine perfusion for liver graft preservation
LifePort Liver Transporter has not been cleared or approved by FDA, and the safety and effectiveness of the LifePort Liver Transporter has not been established. LifePort Liver Transporter is not available for sale within the United States. A recent review article by...
Outcome of liver transplantation with grafts from DBD donors treated with D-HOPE
In a single center, retrospective cohort study by Patrono et al., they sought to compare the effects of dual hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (D-HOPE) and static cold storage (SCS) on graft survival in liver transplant with grafts from extended criteria...
Intermountain Healthcare—Days of Using Coolers to Transport Organs May Soon Be Over
LifePort Liver Transporter has not been cleared or approved by FDA, and the safety and effectiveness of the LifePort Liver Transporter has not been established. LifePort Liver Transporter is not available for sale within the United States. In this article,...
Fox19—UC Health Performs First Cold Pump Liver Transplant
LifePort Liver Transporter has not been cleared or approved by FDA, and the safety and effectiveness of the LifePort Liver Transporter has not been established. LifePort Liver Transporter is not available for sale within the United States. In this article from FOX19...
KSLTV—Doctors Testing New Liver Transplant Transport System
LifePort Liver Transporter has not been cleared or approved by FDA, and the safety and effectiveness of the LifePort Liver Transporter has not been established. LifePort Liver Transporter is not available for sale within the United States. In this article, KSLTV of...
University Hospital—University Hospital Performs First Transplant with Machine Preserved Liver in the State of New Jersey
LifePort Liver Transporter has not been cleared or approved by FDA, and the safety and effectiveness of the LifePort Liver Transporter has not been established. LifePort Liver Transporter is not available for sale within the United States. In this press release,...
Gift of Life Howie’s House—Supporter Spotlight
In this article from Gift of Life Howie's House (formerly Family House), learn how Organ Recovery Systems proudly supports Howie's House and its mission to serve as a “Home Away from Home” for transplant families. “Supporting the transplant community is something I...
UNOS Insights—The Hypothermic Option
LifePort Liver Transporter has not been cleared or approved by FDA, and the safety and effectiveness of the LifePort Liver Transporter has not been established. LifePort Liver Transporter is not available for sale within the United States. In this UNOS Insights...
HMP of Kidneys Compensates for Extended Storage Time: A Single Intervention With a Significant Impact
A study out of Poland by Kruszyna and Richter sought to determine whether with increased cold ischemic times (CIT) and increased use of extended criteria donors (ECD), would hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) still have the potential to improve outcomes in kidney...
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation — A Randomized Trial
In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial by Van Rijn, et al, they sought to compare hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion with static cold storage in liver transplantation from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors. In this trial, they included 156...
What factors are associated with delayed graft function in a Brazilian cohort?
A multicenter retrospective study by de Sandes-Freitas et al. sought to determine the national rate of delayed graft function (DGF) and the associated risk factors with DGF. They studied 8,657 single deceased donor kidney transplants between January 2014 and December...
Optimal Donation of Kidney Transplants After Controlled Circulatory Death
Savoye et al. performed a retrospective analysis to assess early outcomes of kidney transplants in the French controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) program by comparing them to transplants from donation after brain death (DBD) donors in the French...
Early Experience with Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of Living Donor Kidneys
Moser et al. sought to determine whether the short warm ischemic time in living donor kidney (LDK) transplantation causes damage to the kidney, and whether these kidneys could benefit from the use of hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP). In their initial experiment,...
Evaluation of outcomes in renal transplantation with hypothermic machine perfusion for the preservation of kidneys from expanded-criteria donors
A recently released article by Savoye et al. used the data collected by The French National Transplant Registry (CRISTAL) following the implementation of a nationwide hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) program for extended criteria donor (ECD) kidney transplants. The...
Evolving Trends in Machine Perfusion for Liver Transplantation
A recent review article by Dutkowski et al. looked at the evolving evidence for machine perfusion in liver transplantation. They explored the evidence and requirements for both HMP and NMP. They presented the following information: That endpoints need to be strictly...
Renal Resistance Thresholds During HMP and Transplantation Outcomes
Sandal et al. sought to study renal resistance (RR) as an independent predictor of long-term graft survival in kidney transplant recipients whose allografts underwent HMP. They included in their analysis 422 deceased donor kidney transplants of which 59% were from ECD...
Renal Resistance Trend During HMP Is More Predictive of Postoperative Outcome Than Biopsy Score
Bissolati et al. sought evaluate the prognostic role of renal resistance (RR) valued during hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) on postoperative outcome. They analyzed 65 kidneys that were preserved using HMP from DCD and ECD donors. They found: Kidneys that reached...