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Renal Transplantation with Kidneys Affected by Tumours

Author(s) -

Muhammad Khurram,

Aliu Sanni,

D. Rix,

David Talbot

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

international journal of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 2090-2158

pISSN - 2090-214X

DOI - 10.4061/2010/529080

Subject(s) - economic shortage , medicine , transplantation , dialysis , intensive care medicine , renal transplant , resection , kidney transplantation , kidney , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)

Renal transplantation confers improvement in quality of life and survival when compared to patients on dialysis. There is a universal shortage of organs, and efforts have been made to overcome this shortage by exploring new sources. One such area is the use of kidneys containing small tumours after resection of the neoplasm. This paper looks at the current evidence in the literature and reviews the feasibility of utilizing such a source.

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