Open AccessPROPORTION OF GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS IN PROCUREMENT WEDGE RENAL BIOPSY CANNOT ALONE DISCRIMINATE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF MARGINAL DONORS
Author(s) -
Eva Pokorná,
Štefan Vı́tko,
M Chadimová,
O Schück,
Henrik Ekberg
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200001150-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , glomerulosclerosis , renal function , urology , transplantation , creatinine , biopsy , kidney transplantation , surgery , kidney , proteinuria
The shortage of available kidneys for renal transplantation could be addressed, to some extent, by expanding the criteria for acceptance of marginal donors. The study of these criteria is limited by the selection of grafts actually retrieved and transplanted, therefore reduced to a study of risk factors. We have evaluated the potential of procurement renal biopies as an instrument for acceptance or refusal of donor kidneys for transplantation.