Do elderly recipients really benefit from kidney transplantation?

Data from the nineties showed that even older individuals had a survival advantage with kidney transplantation compared to dialysis. Consequently, we are increasingly wait-listing high-risk patients in terms of age and co-morbidities. However, times are changing. Due to severe organ shortage we now use more often expanded criteria donor kidneys with less favorable outcomes, while at the same time survival on dialysis is improving. The question therefore rises again if elderly patients really benefit from transplantation nowadays.
Source: Transplantation Reviews - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research