Vanessa Stadlbauer, Philipp Stiegler, Philipp Taeubl, Michael Sereinigg, Andreas Puntschart, Andrea Bradatsch, Pero Curcic, Thomas Seifert-Held, Gerda Zmugg, Tatjana Stojakovic, Barbara Leopold, Daniela Blattl, Vera Horki, Ursula Mayrhauser, Iris Wiederstein-Grasser, Bettina Leber, Günther Jürgens, Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg, Seth Hallström
BACKGROUND: Literature is controversial whether organs from living donors have a better graft function than brain dead (BD) and non-heart-beating donor organs. Success of transplantation has been correlated with high-energy phosphate (HEP) contents of the graft. METHODS: HEP contents in heart, liver, kidney, and pancreas from living, BD, and donation after cardiac death in a pig model (n=6 per donor type) were evaluated systematically. BD was induced under general anesthesia by inflating a balloon in the epidural space...
April 2013: Journal of Surgical Research