Inventi Impact: Transplantation

Inventi:htp/26558/18

Renal Transplants from Older Deceased Donors: Use of Preimplantation Biopsy and Differential\nAllocation to Dual or Single Kidney Transplant according to Histological Score Has No\nAdvantages over Allocation to Single Kidney Transplant by Simple Clinical Indication

Background. Grafts from elderly donors (ECD) are increasingly allocated to single (SKT) or dual (DKT) kidney transplantation\naccording to biopsy score. Indications and benefits of either procedure lack universal agreement. Methods. A total of 302 ECDtransplants\nin period fromJan 1, 2000, to Dec 31, 2015, were allocated to SKT (SKTpre) on clinical grounds alone (before Dec 2010,\npre-DKT era,