What is the patient and graft survival in the elderly kidney transplant recipient?
Recipient survival is affected by allograft type.
Recipient survival at 1, 3, and 5 years from 2007 registry data are reported to be 99%, 96%, and 79%, respectively, for living donor recipients ≥65 years; 97%, 92%, and 67%, respectively, for deceased nonextended-criteria donor; and 95%, 88%, and 58%, respectively, for deceased extended-criteria donor grafts.
Registry data of 2007 also note excellent allograft survival for recipients ≥65 years after 1, 3, and 5 years with living donor allografts having better outcome with 97%, 94%, and 73%, respectively; followed by deceased nonextended criteria donor graft survival of 94%, 86%, and 60%, respectively; and 91%, 81%, and 49% for deceased extended criteria donors, respectively.
