Increased Kidney Transplantation Utilizing Expanded Criteria Deceased Organ Donors with Results Comparable to Standard Criteria Donor Transplant
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Comparative study between kidney transplantation with deceased donor expanded criteria and donor standard criteria in a single center in Brazil.
Introduction: Kidney transplants with expanded criteria donor have been associated with improved patient survival compared to those who remain on dialysis. Objective: To compare renal function and survival of the kidney graft of deceased donor with expanded criteria and standard criteria over a year in a single transplant center. Methods: 255 kidney transplant recipients with deceased donor...
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BACKGROUND Although the outcomes of transplantation with expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys are inferior to non-ECD transplants in the USA, the impact of the ECD classification on Canadian kidney transplant recipients is not known. OBJECTIVES The objective of the study was to assess the performance of the US-derived ECD classification among deceased donor kidney transplant recipients in a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000124296.46712.67