Transplantation: Increased ESRD and mortality risk for kidney donors?
For most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a kidney transplant is the best treatment option. Compared with dialysis, a successful kidney transplant is associated with increased life expectancy and improved quality of life; a living donor transplant is associated with better long-term results than a deceased donor transplant.
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street S.E., MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting