Impact of Donor Age on Clinical Outcomes of Primary Single Kidney Transplantation From Maastricht Category-III Donors After Circulatory Death

Background. Standard-criteria donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidney transplants (KTx) have higher primary nonfunction, delayed graft function (DGF), and rejection rates than age-matched donation after brain death (DBD) but similar graft survival. Data on expanded-criteria DCD are conflicting...

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Main Authors: Evaldo Favi, PhD, MD, Carmelo Puliatti, MD, Samuele Iesari, MD, Andrea Monaco, MD, Mariano Ferraresso, MD, Roberto Cacciola, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-10-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000835