Dual renal transplant from a non-heart beating donor.
In September 1998, a 48 year old male underwent bilateral renal transplantation from a 51 year old non-heart beating donor (NHBD) with ischemic heart disease. The grafts exhibited delayed graft function, otherwise short term results have been good, with a three month serum creatinine of 80 mumol/l, three month GFR of 79 ml/min per 1.73 m2 BSA, and no episodes of acute rejection. We advocate dual transplantation when sub-optimal NHBD kidneys are otherwise in danger of being discarded.
Knight
A J
AJ
Department of Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, UK.
Ali
A A
AA
White
S A
SA
Nicholson
M L
ML
D002102:Cadaver; D006085:Graft Survival; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D014019:Tissue Donors