Successful reuse of a transplanted kidney: 3-year follow-up.
The number of new transplantations has not kept pace with the ever-growing number of patients waiting for a kidney transplant, and there has been a growing shortage of deceased donor kidneys. Previously transplanted organs have been used to increase the donor pool. There is very little data about the reuse of a transplanted kidney. We report a case of successful reuse of a kidney graft after the death of the first recipient with a 3-year follow-up.
Celik
Ali
A
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Saglam
Funda
F
Cavdar
Caner
C
Sifil
Aykut
A
Gungor
Ozkan
O
Bora
Seymen
S
Gulay
Huseyin
H
Camsari
Taner
T
D000328:Adult; D046148:Donor Selection; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors