[Influence of ischemia time on the long-term survival of kidney re-transplants]

The influence of warm and cold ischemia times on the long term survival of subsequent renal allografts has been evaluated. The retrospective study has involved 77 patients who in the year period 1966-1977 were submitted to 86 subsequent renal allografts at the Department of Surgery of the Addenbrooke's Hospital-Cambridge. Although a trend to do better was found in the group of allografts having warm ischemia time greater than 45' and less than 90' and cold ischemia time greater than 200' and less than 400', no statistical difference resulted in the survival curves among the various groups at examination.