Effects of hypothermic machine perfusionversus static cold storage of kidney allografts on transplant outcomes：a Meta-analysis / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:At present, there are a number of articles about hypothermic machine perfusion versus static cold storage of kidney alografts; however, the conclusions are various. Furthermore, due to the limitation of single sample size, there is a lack of objective evaluation on the merits and demerits of hypothermic machine perfusion. OBJECTIVE: To compare the prognostic outcomes of hypothermic machine perfusion and static cold storage of kidney alografts. METHODS: A computer-based search of PubMed, sinoMed, EMbase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Central Register of Controled Trials (CENTRAL), Wanfang and CNKI databases were searched from their establishment to March 4, 2015 to screen the randomized controled trials (RCTs) about hypothermic machine perfusion versus static cold storage for kidney transplantation. Meanwhile, the references of included RCTs were also searched by hand. After study selection, RCTs screening, data extraction and quality assessment were conducted by two reviewers independently. Meta-analyses were performed by using the RevMan5.3.0 software. The quality of evidence was assessed by using the GRADEpro3.6 software. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Six articles were included, involving 619 cases undergoing hypothermic machine perfusion and 620 cases undergoing static cold storage. The results of Meta-analyses showed that the incidence of primary graft non-function, incidence of delayed graft function of functional kidney alografts, and incidence of delayed graft function were significantly lower in the hypothermic machine perfusion group than the static cold storage group (P 0.05). These findings indicate that the hypothermic machine perfusion only can reduce the incidence of postoperative complications to maintain the function of kidney, but cannot improve the 1-year recipient survival rate and 1-year alograft survival rate. Hypothermic machine perfusion has no advantage on the long-term preservation of donor organ compared with the static cold storage.