Read more. PHILADELPHIA — Preemptive kidney transplant in older adults with a high kidney donor profile index pre-transplant may be linked to better patient and graft survival, data show.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A medical center at Ohio State University recently performed a rare 20-person living kidney donor transplant chain, completing 20 surgeries over two days, the university announced.

Providers were graded on their percentage of “optimal starts,” defined as a transition from CKD to ESKD with a preemptive kidney transplant, with initiation of a home dialysis modality or with ...

A 53-year-old Alabama woman is now free from years of dialysis after receiving a pig kidney transplant last month. "It's like a new beginning," Looney told The Associated Press. Right away ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A medical center at Ohio State University recently performed a rare 20-person living kidney donor transplant chain, completing 20 surgeries over two days, the university announced.

kidney donor type, income, marital status, race or ethnicity, and time since transplantation, was assessed. The relationship of ITAS scores to patients clinical and pharmacy data (e.g., graft ...