Fourteen-year survival of a renal graft reused 2 years after initial transplantation: a case report.
We report on the successful regrafting of a transplanted kidney. The donor kidney was first transplanted into a 32-year-old patient with renal atrophy. More than 2 years later, he suffered from severe grand mal seizure with brain edema and the patient met the criteria for brain death. The well-functioning graft was recovered and subsequently transplanted into a 66-year-old woman with chronic glomerular nephritis. Neither the first nor the second recipient experienced any acute rejection. To date, more than 14 years later, she is in good health with excellent graft function. This case report implies that excellent long-term graft function is viable in a graft reused 2 years after the initial transplantation.
Goralczyk
Armin D
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Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. agoralczyk@med.uni-goettingen.de
Obed
Aiman
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Lorf
Thomas
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods