OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of delayed replantation of degloving skin preserved at 4℃ in treatment of limb degloving injuries. METHODS: Between October 2020 and October 2023, 12 patients with limb degloving injuries were admitted. All patients had severe associated injuries or poor wound conditions that prevented primary replantation. There were 7 males and 5 females; age ranged from 29 to 46 years, with an average of 39.2 years. The causes of injury included machine entanglement in 6 cases, traffic accidents in 5 cases, and sharp instrument cuts in 1 case. Time from injury to hospital admission was 0.5-3.0 hours, with an average of 1.3 hours. Injury sites included upper limbs in 7 cases and lower limbs in 5 cases. The range of degloving skin was from 5 cm×4 cm to 15 cm×8 cm, and all degloving skins were intact. The degloving skin was preserved at 4℃. After the patient's vital signs became stable and the wound conditions improved, it was trimmed into medium-thickness skin grafts for replantation. The degloving skin was preserved for 3 to 7 days. At 4 weeks after replantation, the viability of the degloving skin grafts was assessed, including color, elasticity, and sensation of pain. The Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) was used to assess the scars of the skin grafts during follow-up. RESULTS: At 4 weeks after replantation, 8 cases of skin grafts completely survived and the color was similar with normal skin, with a survival rate of 66.67%. The elasticity of skin grafts (R0 value) ranged from 0.09 to 0.85, with an average of 0.55; moderate pain was reported in 4 cases, mild pain in 3 cases, and no pain in 5 cases. All patients were followed up 12 months. Over time, the VSS scores of all 12 patients gradually decreased, with a range of 4-11 at 12 months (mean, 6.8). CONCLUSION For limb degloving injuries that cannot be replanted immediately and do not have the conditions for deep low-temperature freezing preservation, the method of preserving the degloving skin at 4℃ for delayed replantation can be chosen.
Humans ; Male ; Adult ; Replantation/methods* ; Female ; Degloving Injuries/surgery* ; Middle Aged ; Skin Transplantation/methods* ; Treatment Outcome ; Extremities/injuries* ; Time Factors ; Skin/injuries* ; Tissue Preservation/methods*

Organ transplantation is the most effective treatment for end stage organ failure,and voluntary donation after citizen's death is the only source of transplanted organ in China.Clinically,transplantation organ protection technology plays a critical role in improving the quality of transplantation organs and the prognosis of recipients.On the basis of domestic and worldwide basic research and clinical practice and according to the Oxford evidence classification and GRADE system,the experts organized by Organ Transplantation Doctor Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association,Organ Transplantation Group in Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association and China Liver Transplant Registry Scientific Committee had compiled and published the Chinese Expert Consensus on Organ Protection of Transplantation(2016 edition) for liver,kidney,pancreas,small intestine,heart,lung transplantation organs.With the support of China Liver Transplant Registry,National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Liver Transplant,National Quality Control Center for Donated Organ Procurement,National Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation and National Trauma Medical Organ Protection Committee and combined with recent domestic and worldwide clinical practice and research progress for organ transplantation and organ protection,the Chinese Expert Consensus on Organ Protection of Transplantation(2022 edition)(hereinafter referred to as the consensus) has been formulated in 2022.This edition of the consensus focuses on updating the technical progress and evidence-based medicine of organ procurement,organ preservation,organ transport,and quality evaluation in clinical practice.Additionally,protection of composite tissue for transplantation,mainly including limb graft,has also been included.The organ protection strategy recommended in this consensus aims to promote scientific and standardize clinical organ transplantation work.
Asians ; Consensus ; Humans ; Organ Preservation ; Organ Transplantation ; Registries ; Tissue and Organ Procurement

BACKGROUND: Delayed graft function (DGF) is the main cause of renal function failure after kidney transplantation. This study aims at investigating the value of hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) parameters combined with perfusate biomarkers on predicting DGF and the time of renal function recovery after deceased donor (DD) kidney transplantation. METHODS: HMP parameters, perfusate biomarkers and baseline characteristics of 113 DD kidney transplantations from January 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University were retrospectively analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: In this study, the DGF incidence was 17.7% (20/113); The multivariate logistic regression results showed that terminal resistance (OR: 1.879, 95% CI 1.145-3.56) and glutathione S-transferase (GST)(OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.23-2.46) were risk factors for DGF; The Cox model analysis indicated that terminal resistance was an independent hazard factor for renal function recovery time (HR = 0.823, 95% CI 0.735-0.981). The model combining terminal resistance and GST (AUC = 0.888, 95% CI: 0.842-0.933) significantly improved the DGF predictability compared with the use of terminal resistance (AUC = 0.756, 95% CI 0.693-0.818) or GST alone (AUC = 0.729, 95% CI 0.591-0.806). CONCLUSION According to the factors analyzed in this study, the combination of HMP parameters and perfusate biomarkers displays a potent DGF predictive value.
Biomarkers ; Delayed Graft Function ; Graft Survival ; Humans ; Kidney/physiology* ; Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects* ; Organ Preservation ; Perfusion ; Retrospective Studies ; Tissue Donors

Artifacts ; Blood Buffy Coat ; Gene Frequency ; Hematologic Tests ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Tissue Preservation

Advances in cellular and molecular biology underpin most current therapeutic advances in medicine. Such advances for neurological and neurodegenerative diseases are hindered by the lack of similar specimens. It is becoming increasingly evident that greater access to human brain tissue is necessary to understand both the cellular biology of these diseases and their variation. Research in these areas is vital to the development of viable therapeutic options for these currently untreatable diseases. The development and coordination of human brain specimen collection through brain banks is evolving. This perspective article from the Sydney Brain Bank reviews data concerning the best ways to collect and store material for different research purposes.
Aging ; pathology ; physiology ; Biomedical Research ; methods ; Brain ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Neurodegenerative Diseases ; pathology ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Tissue Banks ; Tissue Preservation

Brain ; pathology ; China ; Humans ; Organ Preservation ; standards ; Tissue Banks ; ethics ; standards

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate DNA fragmentation status in human spermatozoa according to specific tail swelling patterns determined via hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST).METHODS: Frozen semen samples from 21 healthy donors were thawed and prepared by the swim-up technique for use in intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The semen samples were treated for 5 minutes as part of the HOST procedure and then underwent the sperm chromatin dispersion test using a Halosperm kit. DNA fragmentation status (large halo, medium halo, small halo, no halo, or degraded) and the specific tail swelling pattern (“a”–“g”) were assessed at the level of a single spermatozoon. A total of 42,000 spermatozoa were analyzed, and the percentage of spermatozoa without DNA fragmentation (as evidenced by a large or medium halo) was assessed according to the specific tail swelling patterns observed.RESULTS: The HOST examinations showed that >93% of spermatozoa across all types displayed no DNA fragmentation. The percentage of spermatozoa without DNA fragmentation was 100% in type “d”, 98.67% in type “g”, and 98.17% in type “f” spermatozoa.CONCLUSION: We found that the type “d” spermatozoa displayed no DNA fragmentation, but the other types of spermatozoa also displayed very low rates of DNA fragmentation. This result may be associated with the processing of the spermatozoa by density gradient centrifugation and the swim-up technique.
Centrifugation, Density Gradient ; Chromatin ; DNA Fragmentation ; DNA ; Humans ; Infertility ; Semen ; Semen Preservation ; Sperm Head ; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic ; Spermatozoa ; Tail ; Tissue Donors

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients are generally defined as being from 15 to 39 years old. For preservation of fertility in AYA cancer patients, the best-known guideline in this field was released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in 2006. However, the ASCO guideline is not necessarily applicable to Japanese cancer patients. The Japan Society for Fertility Preservation (JSFP) was formed in 2012, and a system and guideline for fertility preservation in Japanese AYA cancer patients plus children was released in July 2017. According to this guideline, patients should receive psychological and social support from health care providers such as doctors, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, and social workers. In 2013, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine stated that freezing oocytes is a method that has passed beyond the research stage. However, freezing ovarian tissue is still a research procedure. While slow freezing of ovarian tissue is generally performed, rapid freezing (vitrification) is more popular in Japan. We have developed a new closed technique for ovarian tissue cryopreservation. It has been suggested that optical coherence tomography might be applied clinically to measure the true ovarian reserve and localize follicles in patients undergoing ovarian tissue transplantation. Combining gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy with anticancer agents might be useful for ovarian protection and it is expected that discussion of such combined treatment will continue in the future. This article outlines practical methods of fertility preservation using assisted reproductive techniques for AYA cancer patients in Japan.
Adolescent* ; Antineoplastic Agents ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Child ; Cryopreservation ; Fertility Preservation* ; Fertility* ; Freezing ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; Japan* ; Medical Oncology ; Methods ; Oocytes ; Ovarian Reserve ; Pharmacists ; Psychology ; Reproductive Medicine ; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted ; Social Work ; Social Workers ; Tissue Transplantation ; Tomography, Optical Coherence ; Transplants ; Vitrification ; Young Adult*

OBJECTIVE: The favored method of preserving fertility in young female cancer survivors is cryopreservation and autotransplantation of ovarian tissue. Reducing hypoxia until angiogenesis takes place is essential for the survival of transplanted ovarian tissue. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of angiopoietin-1 (Angpt-1), angiopoietin-2 (Angpt-2), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ovarian tissue grafts that were cryopreserved using two methods. METHODS: Ovarian tissues harvested from ICR mice were divided into three groups: group I (control), no cryopreservation; group II, vitrification in EFS (ethylene-glycol, ficoll, and sucrose solution)-40; and group III, slow freezing in dimethyl sulfoxide. We extracted mRNA for VEGF, Angpt-1, and Angpt-2 from ovarian tissue 1 week following cryopreservation and again 2 weeks after autotransplantation. We used reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction to quantify the levels of VEGF, Angpt-1, and Angpt-2 in the tissue. RESULTS: Angpt-1 and Angpt-2 expression decreased after cryopreservation in groups II and III. After autotransplantation, Angpt-1 and Angpt-2 expression in ovarian tissue showed different trends. Angpt-1 expression in groups II and III was lower than in group I, but Angpt-2 in groups II and III showed no significant difference from group I. The vitrified ovarian tissues had higher expression of VEGF and Angpt-2 than the slowfrozen ovarian tissues, but the difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that Angpt-2 may play an important role in ovarian tissue transplantation after cryopreservation although further studies are needed to understand its exact function.
Angiopoietin-1* ; Angiopoietin-2 ; Animals ; Anoxia ; Autografts ; Cryopreservation* ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide ; Female ; Fertility ; Fertility Preservation ; Ficoll ; Freezing ; Humans ; Methods* ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Ovary ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Messenger ; Sucrose ; Survivors ; Tissue Transplantation ; Transplantation, Autologous ; Transplants* ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A* ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors ; Vitrification

BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) can be applied in brain-dead donors for organ perfusion before donation, thereby expanding the donor pool. The aim of this study was to examine the benefits and early clinical outcomes of ECLS for organ preservation. METHODS: Between June 2012 and April 2017, 9 patients received ECLS with therapeutic intent or for organ preservation. The following data were collected: demographics, purpose and duration of ECLS, cause of death, dose of vasoactive drugs, and need for temporary dialysis before organ retrieval. The early clinical outcomes of recipients were studied, as well as survival and graft function at 1 month. RESULTS: ECLS was initiated for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 5 patients. The other patients needed ECLS due to hemodynamic deterioration during the assessment of brain death. We successfully retrieved 18 kidneys, 7 livers, and 1 heart from 9 donors. All organs were transplanted and none were discarded. Only 1 case of delayed kidney graft function was noted, and all 26 recipients were discharged without any significant complications. CONCLUSION: The benefits of protecting the vital organs of donors is significant, and ECLS for organ preservation can be widely used in the transplantation field.
Brain Death ; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ; Cause of Death ; Demography ; Dialysis ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; Heart ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Kidney ; Liver ; Organ Preservation ; Perfusion ; Tissue and Organ Harvesting ; Tissue and Organ Procurement ; Tissue Donors* ; Transplantation ; Transplants*