Rates of renal transplantations in the elderly - Data from Europe and the US

The demography in most part of the world is changing with an increasing proportion of elderly persons. This is expected to reflect demography of patients accepted for renal replacement therapy both in the form of dialysis and transplantation. Based on this, the intention of the present review is to collect and describe available data on rates of transplantation with focus on the elderly patients in both Europe and the US. Data were collected from available sources including activity reports from national and supranational registries on uraemia, organ procurement, waiting lists, and transplantations.
Source: Transplantation Reviews - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research