Anastomosis time as risk factor for kidney transplant outcome: more pieces to the puzzle KU Leuven
We read with great interest the article by Weissenbacher and co-workers, showing that anastomosis time adversely impacts kidney transplant outcome(1). Surprisingly, the effect of anastomosis time has been poorly investigated in the past. This stands in stark contrast with the well known fact that warm ischemia - inevitably occurring during this period - has major deleterious impact on tissue viability in general. Previous studies evaluating the ...