Articles tagged "Age factors"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Matching of Recipient and Donor Age Is the Most Powerful Risk Factor Affecting to Long-Term Graft Survival and Function
J. Lee,^1,2 Y. Lee,² J. Lee,^1,2 D. Joo,^1,2 K. Huh,^1,2 S. Kim,^1,2 Y. Kim,^1,2 M. Kim.^1,2
¹Department of Tranplantation Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Recipient age and donor age were typical non-immunologic parameters affecting to graft survival rate (GSR). Using more than 3,000 cases of living donor transplantation database…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Patient Outcomes After Listing for Kidney Alone Transplantation in Potential Recipients Aged Over 70 Years
D. Kanigicherla, M. Morton, I. Zia, J. Worthington, S. Sofia, T. Augustine, M. Picton.
Manchester Institute of Nephrology & Transplantation, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
BackgroundLow likelihood of listing and subsequent deceased donor transplantation has previously been reported for the elderly with additional concerns about patient frailty, morbidity and mortality…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Reconsideration of Age Limits for Pancreas Transplantation
J. Scalea, H. Sollinger, R. Redfield, M. Rizzari, D. Kaufman, J. Odorico.
Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Pancreas transplantation (PTx) remains the only strategy for reinstitution of long-term insulin production and outcomes have progressively improved. Yet, historically, centers have employed age-limits…