By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2016 (HealthDay Information) -- Wholesome kidneys from aged donors are sometimes rejected, however even kidneys from donors 80 and older can perform for years after transplantation, Italian researchers report.
The outcomes have been revealed on-line Dec. 15 within the Medical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
"The outcomes of this examine assist the usage of prolonged standards donors, even donors older than 80 years, however they should be precisely chosen and managed with devoted protocols," Dr. Luigi Biancone, of the College of Turin, stated in a journal information launch.
Researchers analyzed outcomes of deceased donor kidney transplants carried out on the Turin College Renal Transplant Middle between 2003 and 2013.
They targeted on nearly 650 transplants from so-called "prolonged standards" donors -- donors older than 60 and people aged 50 to 59 with sure threat components.
After a follow-up of almost 5 years on common, affected person and kidney survival have been comparable whether or not the kidney donors have been of their 50s, 60s, 70s or 80 and older, the examine discovered.
5-year affected person survival charges ranged from 88 p.c to 90 p.c. Kidney survival charges ranged from 66 p.c to 75 p.c, the researchers stated.
Charges of kidneys rejected for transplantation have been related for organs from donors ages 50 to 79 years, however a lot greater for kidneys from donors 80 and older, in accordance with the examine.
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