Modest rates and wide variation in timely access to repeat kidney transplantation in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Success of transplantation is not limited to initial receipt of a donor organ. Many kidney transplant recipients experience graft loss following initial transplantation and the benefits of expedited placement on the waiting list and retransplantation extend to this population. Factors associated with access to repeat transplantation may be unique given experience with the transplant process and prior viability as a candidate. We examined the incidence, risk factors, secular changes, and center-level variation of preemptive relisting or transplantation (PRLT) for kidney transplant recipients in the United States with graft failure (not due to death) using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data from 2007 to 2018 (n = 39 557). Overall incidence of PRLT was 15% and rates of relistin

SUBMITTER: Schold JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204603 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature