Is it really worth re-transplanting patients?
Marni, A.; McMaster, P.; Evans, D.B.; Calne, R.Y.
Proceedings of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. European Dialysis and Transplant Association 16: 352-358
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0071-2736 PMID: 398506 Document Number: 149963
Increasingly patients whose first renal transplant fails are being re-transplanted. A study of patients in one unit was undertaken to assess whether second kidney grafts were as successful as first allografts and whether certain factors determined the outcome of secondary transplants. Second and subsequent grafting can be performed with confidence of a successful outcome provided a careful selection of patients is made. The outcome of subsequent grafts should show no significant difference from the overall results of first renal allografts.