Benefits of Living Over Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Recipients. A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of a Large European Registry Cohort

Although kidney transplantation from living donors (LD) offers better long-term results than from deceased donors (DD), elderly recipients are less likely to receive LD transplants than younger ones. We analyzed renal transplant outcomes from LD versus DD in elderly recipients with a propensity-matc...

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Main Authors: Néstor Toapanta, Jordi Comas, Ignacio Revuelta, Anna Manonelles, Carme Facundo, María José Pérez-Saez, Anna Vila, Emma Arcos, Jaume Tort, Magali Giral, Maarten Naesens, Dirk Kuypers, Anders Asberg, Francesc Moreso, Oriol Bestard, the EKITE consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-08-01
Series:Transplant International
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Online Access:https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/articles/10.3389/ti.2024.13452/full