Organ procurement by a transplant team outside of its original center: results of renal transplantation

ORGAN procurement network needs the implication of transplant team outside of the transplant center. A transplant surgery team seems most appropriate for organ procurement because of their training in the field of organ procurement and transplantation. The 5-year kidney graft survival rate decreases to 8% when a nontransplant-surgeon makes the organ procurement. Moreover, the rate of acute tubular necrosis increases to 54% (vs 35%). The outcome of renal transplantation depends on surgical training of the organ procurement team. The purpose of this retrospective work was to compare the results of organ procurements made by our team (inside and outside our center) to those by other organ procurement teams.