| Literature DB >> 2076939 |
H Oesterwitz1, G May, P Müller, V Strobelt, F Seibt, H Hansen, R Horlbeck, E Eger, W Seeger.
Abstract
Donors over the age of 50 years provided kidneys for 28 of our 226 recipients (12.4%) transplanted from January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988. Immediate function following transplantation occurred in 36% of the kidneys from donors both over and under the age of 50. The overall 3-month graft survival rate for transplants from donors over 50 years was 89%, compared with 78% for transplants from donors under 50 years (p greater than 0.05). Thus kidneys from well-selected older donors make an important contribution to the total pool of organs available for transplantation.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2076939 DOI: 10.1007/BF02549781
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Urol Nephrol ISSN: 0301-1623 Impact factor: 2.370