Orthotopic Kidney Auto-Transplantation in a Porcine Model Using 24 Hours Organ Preservation And Continuous TelemetryWen-Jia Liu *1,2, Lisa Ernst *2, Benedict Doorschodt 2, Jan Bednarsch 1, Felix Becker 3, Richi Nakatake 2, Yuki Masano 2, Ulf Peter Neumann 1,4, Sven Arke Lang 1, Peter Boor 5, Isabella Lurje 6, Georg Lurje 1,6, René Tolba 2, Zoltan Czigany 1,2
1Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 2Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 3Department of General-, Visceral-, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, 4Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), 5Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 6Department of Surgery, Campus Charité Mitte | Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Large animal models play an essential role in preclinical transplantation research. Due to its similarities to the clinical setup, the porcine model of orthotopic kidney auto-transplantation described in this article provides an excellent in vivo setting for the testing of organ preservation techniques and therapeutic interventions.
