Safe utilization and long-term follow-up of 368 marginal kidneys

Berardinelli, L.; Raiteri, M.; Costantino, B.

Transplantation Proceedings 27(6): 3446-3447

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-1345
PMID: 8540044
Document Number: 444826
Three-hundred sixty-eight grafts of 1701 KTs performed during a 25-year period showed major anatomical anomalies: 358 kidneys presented an abnormal vascular supply, 8 organs had a double ureters, 2 were indivisible horseshoe kidneys. The outcome of these MKs is virtually identical (84%) to those obtained with transplant of normal grafts (85%). The advantages of ex vivo arterioplasty have been advocated.

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