Analysis of cadaver donor criteria on the kidney transplant survival rate in 5,129 transplantations.
OBJECTIVE
To clarify the role of donor criteria we retrospectively analyzed a series of 5,129 cadaver kidney grafts harvested from January 1, 1989 to December 31, 1991.


METHODS
Graft survival was calculated and analyzed using a multifactorial approach.


RESULTS
Better graft survival was obtained with donors between 6 and 50 years old (80% versus 64% at 3 years), grafts performed from male donors (74% versus 69% at 3 years), donor deaths caused by cranial injury as opposed to cerebral hemorrhage (74% versus 70% at 3 years) and negative cytomegalovirus antibodies (75% versus 71% at 3 years).


CONCLUSIONS
These factors may be used for kidney allocation.
Busson
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INSERM U93, Association France-transplant and Société Française de Transplantation, France.
Benoit
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N'Doye
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Hors
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors
D000914:Antibodies, Viral