The use of in-situ normothermic extracorporeal perfusion and leukocyte depletion for resuscitation of human donor kidneys.

The unexploited potential of donors after cardiac death is an actual issue for all countries where organ transplantation is performed. The crucial point in uncontrolled donation after cardiac death is the warm ischemic time. The primary purpose of our work was to define the limits of warm ischemic time.