title: A study of the fate of pairs of cadaver kidneys.
abstract: Follow-up data collected by the EDTA Registration Committee have been linked to donor and transplant information recorded by UK Transplant by forming a 'data interface' between the two Registries. The joint data have been used to study the fate of 243 pairs of kidneys used for first cadaver grafts in 1975 and 1976. The results of this preliminary study suggest that the transportation of kidneys and the cause of donor death do not affect graft survival. With a very small amount of data, analysis of the cause of failure suggests that this is not influenced by donor origins. The clinical condition at the time of grafting does not appear to have a major influence on the outcome of the graft. There seems little evidence to support the hypothesis that kidneys from the same donor share the same post-grafting fate.
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009926:Organ Preservation; D012042:Registries; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous