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Should patients older than 65 years be offered a second kidney transplant?

Kristian HeldalAnders HartmannKjersti LønningTorbjørn LeivestadAnna V ReisæterPål-Dag LineHallvard HoldaasKarsten Midtvedt
Published in: BMC nephrology (2017)
Older recipients of second transplants have outcomes that are comparable to the outcomes of age-matched first transplant recipients, and far better than previously documented for older transplant candidates remaining on dialysis treatment. Advanced age by itself should not be a contraindication for re-transplantation. Best results are achieved with short time on dialysis before re-transplantation.
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