End-to-Side Interrupted Versus Continuous Arterial Suturing in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Sponsor
Assiut University
Study ID
NCT07274943
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Conditions

  • Continuous Suture
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Suture Techniques
  • Suture, Interrupted

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Study Details

This study will compare two standard ways of stitching the kidney artery to the iliac artery in adults receiving a living donor kidney transplant. The two techniques are interrupted suturing and continuous suturing. The study will review past transplant cases and follow new patients at Assiut University Urology Hospital. For each patient, the team will record details of the operation, blood flow in the kidney artery, kidney function, and any surgical or vascular complications during the first three months after surgery. The main goals are to see whether one suturing pattern shortens cold ischemia time and improves early blood flow measurements, and to explore how these techniques affect early graft function, complication rates, and short-term graft and patient survival.

Key Dates

First listed
Dec 10, 2025
Start date
Jan 31, 2026
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2027
Completion
Feb 28, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
70 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: Interrupted Arterial Suturing
    Adult living donor kidney transplant recipients whose renal artery is anastomosed end-to-side to the external or common iliac artery using interrupted 6/0 Prolene sutures as part of standard surgical practice.
  • Arm: Continuous Arterial Suturing
    Adult living donor kidney transplant recipients whose renal artery is anastomosed end-to-side to the external or common iliac artery using continuous 6/0 Prolene sutures as part of standard surgical practice.

Primary Outcome Measure

Cold Ischemia Time [ Time Frame: From donor graft perfusion to arterial de-clamping during the transplant operation (single intraoperative measurement). ]

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