Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
cold ischemia Audio
cold is·che·mi·a [ kold is-kee-mee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Tissue Preservation; Transplantation
Definitions related to cold ischemia procedure:
  • (cold ischemia) In surgery, the cooling of a tissue, organ, or body part after its blood supply has been reduced or cut off. This can occur while the organ is still in the body or after it is removed from the body if the organ is to be used for transplantation.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (cold ischemia) The chilling of a tissue or organ during decreased BLOOD perfusion or in the absence of blood supply. Cold ischemia time during ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION begins when the organ is cooled with a cold perfusion solution after ORGAN PROCUREMENT surgery, and ends after the tissue reaches physiological temperature during implantation procedures.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The act of decreasing both the temperature and blood flow to an organ or tissue for the purpose of preserving it for transplantation.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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