Use of Machine Perfusion to Increase the Number of Expanded Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: A Pharmacoeconomic Analysis.
Helio Tedesco SilvaTeresa Raquel de Moraes AndradeDeise De Boni Monteiro de CarvalhoGustavo Fernandes FerreiraJoão Marcelo Medeiros de AndradeLuís Gustavo Modelli de AndradeMario Abbud-FilhoRenato Demarchi ForestoRoberto Ceratti ManfroRonaldo de Matos EsmeraldoTainá Veras de Sanders FreitasValter Duro GarciaJosé Osmar Medina de Abreu PestanaMarcelo Cunio Machado FonsecaPublished in: Transplantation direct (2024)
This stochastic model showed that incorporating machine perfusion for ECD kidneys is most often a dominant or cost-effective technology associated with an increase in the number of transplants and a reduction in the number of patients on the waiting list, reducing mortality on the waiting list.