Race as a risk factor in cadaver kidney transplantation.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-1979
Abstract
Recipients of 93 first-cadaver kidney transplants were studied for the effect of recipient and donor race on graft and patient survival. Both graft and patient survival were lower for black recipients than for whites. The difference was not explained by racial mismatch between donor and recipient. Black recipients had more rejection episodes and more instances of bacterial pneumonia. Pretransplant splenectomy reduced the likelihood of rejection episodes for black recipients and increased their rate of graft survival.
Volume
114
Issue
4
First Page
416
Last Page
420
ISSN
0004-0010
Published In/Presented At
Stuart, F. P., Hill, J. L., Reckard, C. R., Buckingham, M., & Nakamura, S. (1979). Race as a risk factor in cadaver kidney transplantation. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 114(4), 416–420. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370280070010
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
373703
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article