title: [History of medical progress in renal transplantation: a review of 3,000 consecutive kidney grafts at Bicetre-Kremlin, Bicetre University Hospital - France].
abstract: Major medical progress has been made in the field of renal transplantation over the last 40 years, thanks to advances in areas such as metabolism, immunology, therapeutics, and pathology. This progress has been accompanied by important changes in French legislation that governs organ harvest and transplantation, as well as the institutions that regulate organ allocation. Patient and graft survival have both increased markedly, although long-term improvements have been somewhat offset by complications, including adverse effects of immunosuppression. On average recipients are older than in the past and some recipients are now dying from age-related comorbidities despite having functional grafts.
authors.affiliation: Néphrologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre et UMR 1014 INSERM, Université Paris Sud 11 - 94275, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. bernard.charpentier@bct.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Charpentier
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beaudreuil
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Francois
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jacquet
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durrbach
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents