The Effect of Donor Age on Graft Function and Pathological Findings in Living Donor Transplantation

The frequency of renal transplants from elderly living donors has increased because of a shortage of donors. However, the results of renal transplantation using aged kidney grafts have yet to be determined conclusively.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Sho Sekito, Kohei Nishikawa, Satoru Masui, Yoshihiro Hasegawa, Hideki Kanda, Kiminobu Arima, Yoshiki Sugimura Source Type: research