Donating Another Person's Kidney: Avoiding the Discard of Organs by Retransplantation. Transplantation 2018 Dec;102(12):2096-2100
Date
05/31/2018Pubmed ID
29847504DOI
10.1097/TP.0000000000002308Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85056803864 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Procurement and retransplantation of a previously transplanted kidney reclaim a functioning organ that would otherwise have been discarded.
METHODS: Case series of 3 retransplantation cases within the course of 1 calendar year.
RESULTS: These cases illustrate how to overcome the immunological, logistical, and technical barriers that have thus far limited the potential of this approach. Within this series, we report kidney reuse weeks and years after the original transplantation, as well as the previously undescribed "living donation of a deceased donor kidney".
CONCLUSIONS: Retransplantation of previously transplanted kidneys can be performed successfully and should be considered in the face of the current organ shortage.
Author List
Veale JL, Lum EL, Cowan NG, Wong M, Skovira KA, Armijo MJ, Danovitch GM, Mone TDMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Donor Selection
Fatal Outcome
Female
Graft Survival
Histocompatibility
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Living Donors
Male
Middle Aged
Reoperation
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Tissue Donors
Treatment Outcome
