Improved renal allograft survival for pre-emptive paediatric renal transplant recipients in the UK

Background The aim of this study was to investigate whether being on dialysis at the time of renal transplantation affected renal allograft survival in paediatric renal transplant recipients (pRTRs). Methods Retrospective study of UK Transplant Registry (National Health Service Blood and Transplant) data on all children (aged
The debate about the benefit of pre-emptive kidney transplantation in paediatric patients gets support by recent data from the UK Transplant Registry. Five years graft survival rate was significantly better in pre-emptive transplantation, and dialysis's time negatively impacted.