The German Transplantation Registry Reveals Deficiencies in the Listing Process for Kidney Transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The time from dialysis onset to enrollment on the kidney waiting list (listing time) is a crucial step on the path to receiving a kidney allograft; however, this process has received very little research attention in the Eurotransplant (ET) area.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed data from the German transplantation registry, including patients who were on the waiting list for a first kidney transplant in Germany between 2006 and 2016. Listing time was evaluated using a mixed linear model. The outcomes on the kidney waiting list were assessed using competing risk analyses.

Results

We assessed a total of 43,955 patients. Listing occurred at a higher pace in patients receiving living donor transplantations (median 0.4 years from dialysis onset) than in de

SUBMITTER: von Samson-Himmelstjerna FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719593 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature