title: Donor Kidney Evaluation.
abstract: In patients with end-stage renal disease, kidney transplantation is the best means to extend survival and offer a better quality of life. The current shortage of organs available for transplantation has led to an effort to expand the kidney donor pool, including the use of nonideal donor kidneys. Assessment of the quality of the donated kidney is essential, and would facilitate the decision to transplant a potential organ or discard it. Multiple clinical and histologic parameters have been examined to evaluate the donor kidney and relate the findings to the graft outcome, but clear-cut criteria are yet to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam, Amer Bin Thabet Street-mbc035, PO Box 15215, Dammam 31444, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Nasreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: Cornell.Lynn@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Lynn D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Cornell
keywords: Donor biopsy; Expanded criteria donor; Kidney transplant; Zero time biopsy