Kidney Transplants Prolong Survival Regardless of Age

Transplant-eligible patients with kidney failure should not be denied a kidney transplant based on their age, according to investigators in Austria. They based that conclusion on a study of 4445 patients on a kidney transplant waiting list for their first single-organ deceased-donor kidney. Of these, 3621 (81.5%) received a kidney transplant and 1392 (31.3%) died. […]

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