Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 227-229
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Editorial Comments
Should polycystic kidneys ever be used for renal transplantation?
Editor's note See also Case Reports by Shan et al., pp. 410–411 and Rea et al., pp. 416–417.
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Introduction
Without any doubt, it is our ideal in renal transplantation to give each patient with end-stage renal disease a perfectly healthy, new organ. If sufficient donor kidneys were available, we would certainly reach this goal. Unfortunately, donor kidneys are scarce. As quite often occurs in daily life and equally so in medical practice, we have to make compromises. Due to the shortage of donor organs we have to expand our acceptance criteria and consider the use of so-called, marginal or borderline donors for renal transplantation. An example of this policy most widely addressed in the transplant literature is the use of kidneys from elderly donors. That issue and its possible solutions have been discussed
The use of polycystic kidneys as donor organs
Is there an increased risk of complications due to the abnormal anatomy of the polycystic kidney?
The risk of cyst growth and of progression to renal failure
Conclusion
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