Dual kidney transplantation--a solution for less than ideal brain dead donors.
For renal transplantation, an elderly cadaver donor is often rejected because of the relatively poor long-term graft survival. Considering that a number of potential recipients are waiting for a renal transplant, dual kidney transplantation would be a more appropriate approach in this situation. We report one such case with a successful outcome.
Mehta
K S
KS
Department of Nephrology, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mahim, Mumbai.
Rathod
J
J
Gaitonde
K
K
Goyal
A
A
Sagade
S N
SN
Shah
B V
BV
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014019:Tissue Donors