NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Vanderbilt University made Tennessee history after they became the first hospital to perform a successful kidney transplant with organ preservation technology.
Vanderbilt Health is now one of a few in the Southeast to use a new Food and Drug Administration-approved portable hypothermic perfusion technology to preserve and transport donor kidneys with the Paragonix KidneyVault Renal Perfusion System.
“We used the technology for transport and pumping and were satisfied with the overall feel and appearance of the kidney at the time of reperfusion,” said Christian Crannell, MD, assistant professor of Surgery in the Division of Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation. “We also appreciated knowing where the kidney was during transport and knowing the organ temperature.”…