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Table 3 Histology data from 7 day autotransplant allograft kidney biopsies for the two groups

From: A comparative study on the efficacy of a retrograde perfusion technique and an antegrade perfusion technique for donor kidney recovery in transplantation in pigs

Parameters

Retrograde group

Antegrade group

P value

Tubular dilatation

1.10 ± 011

1.12 ± 050

0220

Brush border loss

112 ± 031

1.21 ± 032

0100

Epithelial loss

1.25 ± 0·40

1.30 ± 031

0463

Tubular debris

079 ± 033

0.75 ± 051

0·607

Vacuolation

085 ± 023

076 ± 032

0707

Base membrane loss

056 ± 020

059 ± 032

0806

Interstitial edema

269 ± 066

280 ± 062

1.090

Glomerular shrinkage

208 ± 081

230 ± 052

0701

lymphocytic infiltrate

3.98 ± 0·50

3.81 ± 0·43

0.067

Apoptotic/pyknotic nuclei

0.18 ± 0·34

0.20 ± 0·45

0.761

  1. Values are the mean ± SD. The Mann-Whitney U- test was used to assess the statistical significance of differences between the two groups. Samples were scored from 0 to 3 according to the level of damage with 0 representing normal, 1 mild, 2 moderate, and 3 severe morphologic changes
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