Perioperative and long-term outcomes in octogenarians after kidney transplantation: the  US perspective
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CONCLUSION: Octogenarians have significantly increased LOS, perioperative mortality, and rates of graft loss. Age older than 80 was an independent risk factor associated with decreased patient survival. Future studies should address differences in outcomes and quality of life of octogenarians on dialysis compared to those after kidney transplantation.
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PMID: 27936521 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Nephrology - December 11, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ravinuthala A, Mei X, Daily M, Shah M, Castellanos A, Berger J, Gedaly R Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research