[1 year of multiple organ procurement using the Starzl technic of rapid cooling: personal results]

We did perform 20 multiorgan procurements in 1987, using the last technique described by STARZL. We were very favorably impressed by the security (all organs harvested achieved good long-term function), the rapidity (mean operative time 125 min) and the flexibility of the technique. Waiting lists for hearts and livers in Switzerland are now becoming long, and it seems thus essential that all usable organs can be retrieved for transplantation.