Donor conditions and graft survival--a retrospective study.
In a retrospective study (one centre) the influence of donor and recipient factors were evaluated (n = 308). Head injury as the cause of death and anastomotic time less than 35 min were associated with a significantly better graft survival rate (P < 0.05). Although some of the donor factors influence graft survival, a stricter selection of grafts is not advisable, firstly because fewer kidneys would then be offered, and secondly because even comparatively bad graft survival rates are still better than dialysis.
Wienand
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Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, FRG.
Schröder
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Stippel
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Baldamus
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*