Open AccessOutcomes of ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in the United States
Author(s) -
John R. Montgomery,
Judith Berger,
Daniel Warren,
Nathan T. James,
Robert A. Montgomery,
Dorry L. Segev
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e318245b2af
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , medicine , kidney transplantation , transplantation , confidence interval , blood type (non human) , single center , kidney transplant , surgery
ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation is an important modality to facilitate living donor transplant for incompatible pairs. To date, reports of the outcomes from this practice in the United States have been limited to single-center studies.