Methods Topics to include in this article were chosen by searching Medline for articles
published between 1999 to 2001 with the keywords “kidney” and “transplant”, by discussing …

Use of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys, which are associated with a reduced graft
survival rate, has become widely adopted in elderly recipients in an old-to-old allocation …

One option for using organs from donors with a suboptimal nephron mass, eg expanded
criteria donors (ECD) kidneys, is dual kidney transplantation (DKT). In adult recipients, DKT …

With increasing donor organ shortages, en-bloc kidney (EBK) transplantation is an
alternative to utilize very young or very old donor age cadaver kidneys for transplantation …

Shortage of kidney donor is still a major limitation for renal transplantation programs. This
review focuses on the emerging practices, adopted to increase transplant activities, of …

Transplant Program, Division of Nephrology; and Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of
Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA): This patient illustrates many of the “multiple choice …

Background. Since 1995, dual-kidney transplantation using organs from marginal donors
has been used at our center to expand the organ donor pool and decrease the waiting time …

Background. Dual-kidney transplantation, where two usually aged adult kidneys are placed
into an adult recipient, is one way to help alleviate the continuing disparity between the …

Purpose The purpose of this Clinical Practice Guideline is to provide guidance on evaluation
of the kidney donor and transplant recipient as well as on the management of the recipient in …

The practice of dual kidney transplantation (DKT) from adult marginal deceased donors
(MDDs) dates back to the mid‐1990s with initial pioneering experiences reported by the …