title: [Kidney transplantation].
abstract: Since its introduction into clinical medicine in the 1950ties kidney transplantation has become the preferred renal replacement therapy. This article provides a review about indications, evaluations, results, clinical course, and complications of kidney transplantation. The possibility of living kidney donation is emphasized. The careful consulting and follow up by the unique Swiss Organ Living Donor Health Registry (SOL-DHR) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Transplantationsimmunologie und Nephrologie, Universitätsspital Basel. mdickenmann@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dickenmann
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gürke
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000639:trends*; D019520:Living Donors; D012042:Registries; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000639:trends*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome