Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2011, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (53): 9917-9920.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2011.53.010

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Short-term outcomes of renal transplant recipients receiving kidney grafts from brain-death donors

Wang Bang-qi, Zhu Yun-song, Nie Hai-bo, Zhao Yong-bin, Hu Wei-lie   

  1. PLA Center of Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Disease, Organ Transplantation Center of Guangzhou Military Region, Guangzhou   510010, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2011-06-15 Revised:2011-09-18 Online:2011-12-31 Published:2011-12-31
  • Contact: Hu Wei-lie, Doctor, Chief physician, PLA Center of Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Disease, Organ Transplantation Center of Guangzhou Military Region, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China huwl-mr@vip.sina. com
  • About author:Wang Bang-qi☆, Studying for doctorate, Physician, PLA Center of Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Disease, Organ Transplantation Center of Guangzhou Military Region, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong Province, China bangqi916@163.com
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30872577*; the Science and Technology Development Program of Guangdong Province, No. 2011B031800199*

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The shortage of donors has severely limited the development of renal transplantation. However, brain-death donors can alleviate the problem of renal transplantation donor shortage to some extent.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the short-term outcomes of renal transplantation recipients receiving kidney grafts from brain-death and cadaveric brainstem dead donors and evaluate the safety of kidney grafts from brain-death donors.
METHODS: A total of 90 patients receiving renal transplantation were retrospectively analyzed, including 10 patients receiving kidney graft from brain-death donors and 80 with grafts from cadaveric brainstem dead donors. The operative time, bleeding volume, postoperative complications and short-term survival were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The operative time, bleeding volume, postoperative complications and short-term survival showed no significant differences between the two groups. The short-term outcome of recipients receiving kidney grafts from brain-death donors is similar to that of recipients receiving grafts from cadaveric brainstem dead donors, indicating the safety of clinical use of the kidney grafts from brain-death donors.

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