Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Should Be Promoted Among “Elderly” Patients

Background. Age criteria for kidney transplantation have been liberalized over the years resulting in more waitlisted elderly patients. What are the prospects of elderly patients on the waiting list? Methods. Between 2000 and 2013, 2622 patients had been waitlisted. Waiting time was defined as the...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Laging, PhD, Judith A. Kal-van Gestel, MSc, Willem Weimar, MD, PhD, Joke I. Roodnat, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-10-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000940