title: Delayed Graft Function 5 Months After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Delayed graft function is a clinical term to describe the failure of the transplanted kidney to function immediately after transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 59-year-old woman suffered from a rare case of delayed graft function lasting 148 days after unrelated living donor kidney transplantation. Until now, 15 years after transplantation, organ function is still good, with serum creatinine levels about 1.4 to 2.0 mg/dl.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even after prolonged graft dysfunction, good graft function can be achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Siloah St. Trudpert Klinikum, Pforzheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.affiliation: Executive Boards of the Ethics Committee, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pries
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapischke
mesh_terms: D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D051799:Delayed Graft Function; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine