Transplantation Technologies & Research

Takuzo Fujiwara

Publications

• Research Article
  Old-for-Old Age Matching in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience
  Author(s): Takuzo Fujiwara, Shinichiro Tanaka, Kei Namba, Haruchika Yamamoto, Shoma Teruta, Nozomi Morikawa, Shimpei Tsudaka and Hiroaki MatsudaTakuzo Fujiwara, Shinichiro Tanaka, Kei Namba, Haruchika Yamamoto, Shoma Teruta, Nozomi Morikawa, Shimpei Tsudaka and Hiroaki Matsuda
  
  The impact of donor age, especially from older donors (≥ 60 years), on recipient outcomes in living donor kidney transplantation were retrospectively evaluated in 181 consecutive primary kidney transplant recipients. Patients were categorized according to donor age: age ≤ 39 (n=15), 40‒49 (n=28), 50‒59 (n=71), and ≥ 60 years (n=67). Cox proportional hazard multivariate analysis was used to calculate the relative risk of patient and graft survival. Cox analysis showed that donor age, as a continuous variable, was not a risk factor for patient or graft survival. Deathuncensored (65.4%) and censored (73.1%) graft survival rates in the oldest donor group were lowest, although the differences did not reach statistical significance (p=0.086 and 0.127, respectively). Mean.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0991.1000141

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