title: [Experiences with kidney transplantation in elderly patients].
abstract: Despite a significant increase in the number of elderly patients with end stage renal disease, these patients still represent a minority of renal transplant recipients in many countries. Roughly the recipients in the present study were older than 50 years of age. Infection was a more common complication in these patients than in the younger patients. However, the incidence of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular complications was found to be lower than expected. Patient-graft survival in 110 renal transplants in 106 patients aged 50 years or older were 87% and 76% respectively. These results suggest that cadaveric renal transplantation represents a relatively safe form of therapy also for older patients.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012086:Reoperation
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Nierentransplantation bei älteren Patienten.