Transplantation in Elderly Patients

Transplantation in elderly patients.

I n abdominal organ transplantation, liver and kidney transplantation have become the accepted standard therapeutic options for patients with end-stage liver and kidney diseases. As an increasing number of patients are referred to transplant centers for evaluation, the indications for transplantation continue to expand. Those at the later stages of life are receiving life-saving and life-alteri...

Kidney transplantation in elderly patients.

The Eurotransplant Senior Program (ESP) allocates kidneys from elderly donors to elderly recipients (> or = 65 years old). During the last 39 years, 922 kidney transplantations were performed in our transplant center. We retrospectively analysed patients included in the ESP from the our center. Eleven patients > or = 65 years old recieved kidney from donors 65 years old. Cold ischemia time was ...

Heart Transplantation in the Elderly Patients: Midterm Results

BACKGROUND Heart transplantation in elderly patients has raised concerns because of co-morbidities and limited life expectancy in the era of donor shortage. We examined the outcomes after heart transplantation in elderly patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 1994 to December 2011, 81 patients (male:female=64:17, 49.1±14.0 years) underwent heart transplantation. The outcomes after heart t...

anemia in the elderly after renal transplantation

Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly