Open AccessPilot Experience with ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation as a Second Transplant
Author(s) -
Junji Uchida,
Akihiro Kosoku,
Kazuya Kabei,
Shunji Nishide,
Hideaki Shimada,
Tomoaki Iwai,
N. Kuwabara,
Takeshi Naganuma,
Keisuke Maeda,
Yuki Yoshikawa,
Norihiko Kumada,
Yoshiaki Takemoto,
Tatsuya Nakatani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000499490
Subject(s) - medicine , abo blood group system , transplantation , kidney transplantation , dialysis , kidney , surgery , gastroenterology , urology
Despite advances in immunosuppressant medications, improvement in long-term survival for kidney transplant recipients has been more difficult to achieve. In fact, the number of patients with failing grafts who must either return to dialysis or undergo a second transplant is increasing. Second transplantation is associated with reduced mortality rates compared to remaining on dialysis after an initial graft loss. Nowadays, excellent ABO-incompatible kidney transplant outcomes have been achieved. However, there have been no reports on ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation as a second transplant.