Evaluating Donor Kidneys for Transplantation: What to Look for and How to Compile a Meaningful Report

Abstract:

The severe shortage of kidneys for transplantation has led efforts to expand the kidney donor pool, and to accomplish this goal, kidneys from expanded-criteria donors are being considered today for transplantation. Despite the frequent use of pretransplant biopsies of donor kidneys, no consensus has been reached regarding the prognostic significance of the various pathologic findings. The pathologic evaluation is focused on determining the percentage of globally sclerosed glomeruli; degree of interstitial fibrosis; arteriolar and arterial damage, including degree of vessel wall thickening and the presence/absence of vascular thrombosis; and identifying “significant” glomerular, inflammatory tubulointerstitial or vascular pathology. This information is provided to the transplant surgeon who then makes a determination of whether to transplant or not the deceased-or living-donor kidney in question, if any or a …

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2015

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