title: Dual kidney transplantation from expanded criteria deceased donors: Initial experience from single center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate results of dual kidney transplantation from expanded criteria deceased donors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between January 2000 and December 2009, 23 dual kidney transplantations were performed from expanded criteria deceased donors; 11 were from non-heart-beating donors and 12 from brain-dead heart-beating donors. All transplantations were performed in monolateral iliac fossa.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two perioperative deaths occurred due to sepsis and multiorgan failure in non-heart-beating group, and one in brain dead group. One- and five-year graft and patient survival in recipients having organs from brain-death heart-beating group were 91.67%. In non-heart-beating group, 1- and 5-year graft survival was 65.45% and 81.82%, and 1- and 5-year patient survival was 43.64% and 61.36%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dual kidney transplantation from expanded criteria brain dead donors has better graft and patient survival than from non-heart-beating donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, India.
authors.forename: Pranjal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Bipinchandra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Hargovind
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Aruna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanikar