Spousal renal donor transplantation in Chinese subjects: a 10 year experience from a single centre

• Published in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 203 - 206
• Main Authors: Tang, Sydney, Lui, Sing Leung, Lo, Chi Yuen, Lo, Wai Kei, Cheng, Ignatius K. P., Lai, Kar Neng, Chan, Tak Mao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.01.2004
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; ethics; Ethics, Medical; Family; Female; Graft Survival; Hong Kong; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Kidney Transplantation - ethics; Kidney Transplantation - methods; Living Donors - ethics; Living Donors - supply & distribution; living-related donor; Male; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure; outcome; Renal failure; renal transplantation; spousal donor; Spouses; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the urinary system; Treatment Outcome; Hong Kong; Kidney disease; Human; Urinary system disease; Prognosis; Hemodialysis; Living donor; renal transplantation; Related donor; spousal donor; Extrarenal dialysis; Ethics; living-related donor; Renal failure; Chinese; outcome

Background. The shortage of cadaveric kidneys for renal transplantation is a particularly problematic situation in the locality of Hong Kong. Kidneys from spousal donors are therefore increasingly being used for transplantation. This study was undertaken to evaluate the outcome of spousal donor tran...