A Comparative Analysis of Ray-Tech Sponge and Ice Bag Techniques in Kidney Transplantation

Okan University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease Stage V

Treatments: Other: Ray-Tech sponge technique; Other: surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06611189

No: 161, Date: December 14, 20

Details and patient eligibility

About

Warm ischemia during kidney transplantation is one of the important factors that negatively affect kidney function in the recipient. The investigators aimed to examine the effects of two techniques (Ray-Tech sponge technique and Ice bag technique) applied to protect the kidney from warm ischemia during kidney transplantation on long-term kidney function.

Full description

A prospective, randomized clinical trial was conducted at Istanbul Okan University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. All participants were selected from those who underwent kidney transplantation between January 2020 and January 2023.

Enrollment: 172 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Underwent kidney transplantation surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Deceased donor transplantation

Trial design

172 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Description:

Kidney transplantation performed using the ice bag technique.

Treatment:

Other: surgery

Group B

Description:

Kidney transplantation performed using Raytech sponge technique.

Treatment:

Other: Ray-Tech sponge technique