2019
Twenty-Four-Hour Ex Vivo Perfusion with Acellular Solution Enables Successful Replantation of Porcine Forelimbs.
Krezdorn N, Macleod F, Tasigiorgos S, Turk M D M, Wo L, Kiwanuka B A H, Lopdrup B I D R, Kollar B, Edelman E, Pomahac B. Twenty-Four-Hour Ex Vivo Perfusion with Acellular Solution Enables Successful Replantation of Porcine Forelimbs. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2019, 144: 608e-618e. PMID: 31568296, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000006084.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine
Giwa S, Lewis J, Alvarez L, Langer R, Roth A, Church G, Markmann J, Sachs D, Chandraker A, Wertheim J, Rothblatt M, Boyden E, Eidbo E, Lee W, Pomahac B, Brandacher G, Weinstock D, Elliott G, Nelson D, Acker J, Uygun K, Schmalz B, Weegman B, Tocchio A, Fahy G, Storey K, Rubinsky B, Bischof J, Elliott J, Woodruff T, Morris G, Demirci U, Brockbank K, Woods E, Ben R, Baust J, Gao D, Fuller B, Rabin Y, Kravitz D, Taylor M, Toner M. The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine. Nature Biotechnology 2017, 35: 530-542. PMID: 28591112, PMCID: PMC5724041, DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3889.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
A Mobile Extracorporeal Extremity Salvage System for Replantation and Transplantation
Kueckelhaus M, Fischer S, Sisk G, Kiwanuka H, Bueno E, Dermietzel A, Alhefzi M, Aycart M, Diehm Y, Pomahac B. A Mobile Extracorporeal Extremity Salvage System for Replantation and Transplantation. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2016, 76: 355-360. PMID: 26808757, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000000681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle damageLimb lossPerfusion deviceDeceased organ donorsIschemic muscle damageBilateral hind limbsPreferred treatmentBilateral limbsMuscle biopsyOrgan donorsTraumatic amputationHealthy limbPerfusion solutionReplantationArterial systemTransplantationHypoxic cellsPerfusate compositionHind limbPorcine limbsLimbSignificant differencesYorkshire pigsSalvage systemSimilar changes