Takahiro Enjoji, Akihiko Soyama, Masayuki Fukumoto, Li Peilin, Kunihito Matsuguma, Hajime Imamura, Yasuhiro Maruya, Takanobu Hara, Hajime Matsushima, Tota Kugiyama, Tomohiko Adachi, Masaaki Hidaka, Sho Hamamoto, Shiro Takashima, Takahiro Maeda, Kengo Kanetaka, Susumu Eguchi
BACKGROUND: Recently, the successful delivery of organs for transplantation using drones was reported. We investigated the influence of transportation by drones on the quality of liver grafts using a rat model. METHODS: Livers of 12 rats (8 and 32 weeks old) were divided into 2 groups of six. Livers were split into 2 parts and allocated to the drone or control groups (both n = 12). The drone experiment was conducted between islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan...
September 24, 2023: Transplantation Proceedings