Frailty predicts surgical complications after kidney transplantation. A propensity score matched study.
Milena Dos Santos MantovaniNyara Coelho de CarvalhoThomáz Eduardo ArchangeloLuis Gustavo Modelli de AndradeSebastião Pires Ferreira FilhoRicardo de Souza CavalcantePaulo Roberto KawanoSilvia Justina PapiniNara Aline CostaRicardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros AlmeidaPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The results showed that individuals with some degree of frailty before kidney transplantation were more subject to surgical complications. The calculation of the frailty score for transplant candidates and the implementations of measures to increase the physiological reserve of these patients at the time of kidney transplantation may possibly reduce the occurrence of surgical complications.