Kidney transplantation from asystolic donors.
The growing shortage of donor organs continues to be an important limiting factor in renal transplantation and there has been renewed interest in non-heart-beating donors. Despite prolonged warm ischaemic periods, transplanted kidneys from asystolic donors have been shown to have good short-term results in terms of graft survival and renal function. Longer term results are awaited with interest.
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Department of Surgery, Leicester General Hospital.
D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014022:Tissue Survival / Q000502:physiology; D006113:United Kingdom