Renal transplantation.
Results of renal transplantation have markedly improved in the last decade. Patients previously defined as high risk (those aged greater than 50 years, infants, diabetics, and those with extra renal disease processes) can now be transplanted with excellent outcomes. Living related donors are preferred because of the improved success rates.
Frey
D J
DJ
Department of General and Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis.
Matas
A J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014019:Tissue Donors