Results of kidney transplantation in recipients over 70 years of age: experience at a single center.
We performed 41 kidney transplants in patients >70 years (35 single and 6 dual), with a mean recipient age of 72+/-2 years, from January 1990 to December 2001. Mean age of the donors was 69+/-12 years. Immunosuppression used triple therapy with steroids, mycophenolate mofetil, and cyclosporine or tacrolimus. Cold ischemia time was 23+/-3 hours. The incidence of primary nonfunction was 4.8%, and delayed graft function 58.5%. Acute rejection incidence was 12%. The actuarial patient survival rates at 12, 24, and 36 months were 82.5%, 82.5%, and 75%, respectively. Actuarial survival rates of the grafts censuring for death of the recipient with a functioning graft were 89.5%, 86%, and 68%, respectively. Nine of the 18 graft losses were due to recipient death. Overall, renal transplant recipients >70 years showed good results. The principal cause of graft loss was recipient death.
Herrero
J C
JC
Nephrology Service, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Gutiérrez
E
E
Martínez
A
A
González
E
E
Morales
E
E
Muñoz
M A
MA
Valentín
M
M
Bueno
B
B
Praga
M
M
Hernández
E
E
Morales
J M
JM
Rodicio
J L
JL
Andrés
A
A
D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents