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Kidney transplantation using elderly non-heart-beating donors: a single-center experience.

M G J Snoeijs1, S Schaefer, M H Christiaans

  • 1Department of Surgery, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), University Hospital Maastricht and Maastricht University. The Netherlands.

American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
|April 14, 2006
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Utilizing elderly non-heart-beating (NHB) donors for kidney transplants showed poorer outcomes. Careful donor selection, possibly with biopsies, is needed to improve results from this expanded donor pool.

Area of Science:

  • Nephrology
  • Transplantation immunology
  • Geriatric medicine

Background:

  • Non-heart-beating (NHB) donors and elderly donors are individually accepted sources for kidney transplantation.
  • The combined pool of elderly NHB donors remains underutilized.
  • Expanding donor criteria is crucial to meet organ demand.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare clinical outcomes of kidney transplants from elderly NHB donors (≥65 years) versus conventional NHB donors.
  • To evaluate the feasibility of utilizing older NHB donors to increase the kidney donor pool.
  • To identify factors influencing graft survival in elderly NHB donor kidney transplantation.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of kidney transplant recipients between 1994 and 2005.

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  • Comparison of outcomes between two groups: elderly NHB donors (≥65 years) and younger NHB donors (<65 years).
  • Assessment of graft survival and glomerular filtration rates (GFR) at 1 and 5 years post-transplantation.

    • Main Results:

    • Kidneys from elderly NHB donors had significantly lower 1-year GFR (29 vs. 44 mL/min, p=0.01).
    • 5-year graft survival was lower in the elderly NHB donor group (52% vs. 68%), though not statistically significant (p=0.19).
    • Excluding older NHB donor kidneys with severe vascular pathology led to comparable graft survival rates between older and younger NHB donor groups.

    Conclusions:

    • The use of elderly NHB donors, without refined selection criteria, is associated with unacceptable clinical outcomes.
    • Histological assessment of pretransplant biopsies may be necessary for better selection of elderly NHB donors.
    • Further research is needed to optimize the utilization of elderly NHB donors in kidney transplantation.