Open AccessThe strategy of diminishing age gap effect on different donor-recipient combinations in living donor kidney transplantation
Author(s) -
Fang-Cheng Kuo,
Tsai-Hun Wu,
CheChuan Loong,
NiangCheng Lin,
ShuoMing Ou,
ChengYen Chen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000822
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , transplantation , kidney transplantation , diabetes mellitus , kidney , surgery , endocrinology
The disparity between kidney donation and the number of uremic patients on the waiting list has increased the demand for older live-donor kidneys (OLK). However, the donor-recipient age gap may have an impact on the recipient's outcome.