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Background: Every organ and the tool-kit coming from organ procurement have to be packed according to the Eurotransplant or National Transplant Organization regulations.
The packed organs are placed in an icebox and fully covered with non-sterile, melting ice. Correct packing, without air around every organ, allows good cooling, an optimal temperature during organ transportation and finally good preservation.
Another method of organ preservation and transportation is Kravitz’s LifePort Kidney Transporter (Organ recovery), organ preservation and recovery system. The first kidney perfused during transportation by LifePort was transplanted in 2003.
Conclusions: Organ packing following international or national rules plays an important role in the whole process of organ procurement and transplantation, and it can have a very big influence of both organ and patient survival.
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Baranski, A. (2008). Organ Packing. In: Surgical Technique of the Abdominal Organ Procurement. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-251-7_17
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