[Renal transplantation in the elderly: a survey]

Nephrol Ther. 2006 Feb;2(1):8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.nephro.2005.12.004. Epub 2006 Feb 17.
[Article in French]

Abstract

For ten years, an increase in the number of elderly patients on renal transplant waiting lists has occured. In an attempt to close the widening gap between supply and demand and because the demand for kidneys for younger patients already surpasses the supply, transplant physicians nowadays accept organs from older donors that might have been deemed inappropriate in the past. Programs of age matching between donors and recipients and of dual-kidneys transplantation have emerged. The initial results of these programs are encouraging with excellent patient and graft survival at one and three years.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Graft Survival
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / mortality
  • Kidney Transplantation / physiology*
  • Kidney Transplantation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Waiting Lists