2021 年 56 巻 1 号 p. 69-74
【Background】 The machine perfusion of marginal kidney grafts from donors after cardiac death (DCD) has become one of the standard therapies in the USA and Europe. We report the first case of Japanese clinical trials of the hypothermic machine perfusion of the kidney transplantation from DCD.
【Case】 The man was around 60 years old. He underwent hemodialysis for 26 years. We could perform the hypothermic machine perfusion of the kidney transplantation from DCD. The patient was withdrawn from the hemodialysis after transplantation and discharged on postoperative day 23. Now, his renal function is good (P-Cr＝1.7).
【Conclusion】 We performed kidney transplantation from DCD using the new machine perfusion system. This result helps the expansion of the kidney transplantation from DCD.
