Effect of increased donor age on kidney transplant outcome.
Donors over the age of 50 years provided kidneys for 28 of our 226 recipients (12.4%) transplanted from January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988. Immediate function following transplantation occurred in 36% of the kidneys from donors both over and under the age of 50. The overall 3-month graft survival rate for transplants from donors over 50 years was 89%, compared with 78% for transplants from donors under 50 years (p greater than 0.05). Thus kidneys from well-selected older donors make an important contribution to the total pool of organs available for transplantation.
Oesterwitz
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H
Department of Urology, Hospital Friedrichshain, Kidney Transplant Center, Berlin.
May
G
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Müller
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P
Strobelt
V
V
Seibt
F
F
Hansen
H
H
Horlbeck
R
R
Eger
E
E
Seeger
W
W
D000367:Age Factors; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors