Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Organ activity before organ transplantation is the key of functional recovery and is also a difficult medical problem of organ preservation.
OBJECTIVE: To review the organ preservation methods, preservation solution and current preservation situation at home and abroad in order to find the best preservation methods and preservation solution for providing the theory basis of organ preservation. METHODS: Wanfang, VIP and PubMed databases were retrieved for articles related to the organ preservation before transplantation published from January 1998 to September 2011. Key words were “organ; transplantation; preservation” in Chinese and English. Articles which published recently or in the authoritative magazines were preferred in the same field. A total of 186 articles were obtained, and 20 articles were involved for summarization according to inclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To understand the methods of organ preservation is beneficial for selecting appropriate preservation methods according to the current research situation. Organ preservation solution is the key to keep organ activity. Extant preservation solution is sufficient, so the effect of different preservation solutions on different organ preservations is different. To select the proper preservation solution is to achieve the best effect of transplanted organ preservation and to restore the best organ function after transplantation. To study the methods of organ preservation before transplantation, preservation solution and understand the different organs with the appropriate preservation method and preservation solution is beneficial for the further medical development of organ preservation.