Center Volume and Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objectives

Recent data demonstrate that center volume is not a factor in the outcomes of adult kidney transplant recipients. This study assessed whether center volume affects graft survival in pediatric patients who received a kidney transplant.

Study design

Case-cohort study.

Setting & participants

Kidney transplantation centers, recipients younger than 18 years.

Results

Data were retrieved from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients for transplantations performed July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2015, and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for transplantations performed January 1, 2010, to December 30, 2015. Center volume was divided into 3 groups: low (<4 per year), intermediate (4-8 per year), and high (>8 per year). The primar

SUBMITTER: Contento MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380383 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature