Kidney Transplantation From Donors After Cardiac Death: An Initial Report of 71 Cases From China |
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| Authors: | G.‐D. Chen D. Shiu‐Chung Ko C.‐X. Wang J. Qiu M. Han L.‐Z. Chen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen University, , Guangzhou, China;2. Department of Urology and;3. Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, , Boston, MA |
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Shortage of deceased donors is a severe problem in recent years in China especially in a culture in which brain death criteria is not widely accepted. Donation after cardiac death (DCD) has been reported to expand the donor pool despite higher rates of primary nonfunction (PNF) and delayed graft function (DGF) after transplantation. We collected 71 DCD kidney transplants performed at our hospital between February, 2007 and June, 2012 with aims to demonstrate the feasibility of DCD donation in China. All patients were followed up, and postoperative complications and graft loss were recorded. The PNF rate was 2.8%, and DGF rate was 28.2%. The 1‐ and 3‐year graft survival was 95.7% and 92.4%. In conclusion, graft survival of DCD kidney transplantation in China is excellent despite of higher rates of PNF and DGF after transplantation. |
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| Keywords: | Cardiac death donors kidney transplantation outcome risk factors |
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