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Renal Transplants from Older Deceased Donors: Use of Preimplantation Biopsy and Differential Allocation to Dual or Single Kidney Transplant according to Histological Score Has No Advantages over Allocation to Single Kidney Transplant by Simple Clinical Indication.

Costanza CasatiValeriana Giuseppina ColomboMarialuisa PerrinoOrnella Marina RossettiMarialuisa QuerquesAlessandro GiacomoniAgnese BinaggiaGiacomo Colussi
Published in: Journal of transplantation (2018)
Use of a biopsy-based protocol to allocate grafts from aged donors to SKT or DKT did not result in better short term graft survival than a clinically based protocol with allocation only to SKT and reduced overall recipient dialysis-free life years in time.
Keyphrases
  • kidney transplantation
  • randomized controlled trial
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • chronic kidney disease
  • physical activity
  • end stage renal disease
  • middle aged
  • community dwelling