title: Effect of increased donor age on kidney transplant outcome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hospital Friedrichshain, Kidney Transplant Center, Berlin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oesterwitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Strobelt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seibt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horlbeck
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seeger
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors