Kidney transplantation--a 46-year experience from the Transplant Institute, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.

• The limiting factor in organ transplantation is the availability of organs. Ongoing work to improve donation rates both at the public and the organizational level in donating hospitals is essential. We also think that encouragement of live donation is important, and the possibility of ABO incompatible transplantation has increased the number of LD transplantations. The one-year graft survival rate is excellent and focus has shifted towards achieving long-term results to reduce the attrition rate. There is also an increasing interest in studying and working to reduce comorbidities on a long-term basis and thus, improve survival rates and recipient quality of life.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Klinisk laboratoriemedicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Clinical Laboratory Medicine (hsv//eng)

Keyword

ABO Blood-Group System

immunology

Adolescent

Adult

Aged

Blood Group Incompatibility

immunology

Child

Donor Selection

Female

Graft Rejection

immunology

prevention & control

Graft Survival

Histocompatibility

Hospitals

University

Humans

Immunosuppressive Agents

therapeutic use

Kidney Transplantation

adverse effects

immunology

mortality

Male

Middle Aged

Program Evaluation

Sweden

Time Factors

Tissue Donors

supply & distribution

Tissue and Organ Procurement

Treatment Outcome

Young Adult

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)