Anastomosis time as risk factor for kidney transplant outcome: more pieces to the puzzle

We read with great interest the article by Weissenbacher and co-workers, showing that anastomosis time adversely impacts kidney transplant outcome(1). Surprisingly, the effect of anastomosis time has been poorly investigated in the past. This stands in stark contrast with the well known fact that warm ischemia - inevitably occurring during this period - has major deleterious impact on tissue viability in general. Previous studies evaluating the effect of anastomosis time focused on delayed graft function, not on other endpoints(2, 3). Therefore, the current study brings new information on this virtually unexplored topic. However, several questions remain unanswered. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.status: publishe