Impact of donor age in outcomes of deceased donor renal transplantour institutional experience

Introduction: Donor age may have an impact on the renal transplant outcome. Kidney transplantation from older donors may result in a worse outcome, and the survival benefit of kidney transplantation compared with dialysis may be reduced. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of donor age on graft function, graft survival and patient survival kidney transplant outcome. Aim & Objectives: To evaluate the impact of donor age on graft function, graft survival and patient survival. Materials and Methods: Retrospective study, Conducted in the Institute of Urology, Madras Medical College and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai.from 2004 to 2015 with sample size of 159 Patients. Results: We analyzed the influence of donor age on both initial graft function (IGF) and survival rate. Our data also suggested that CIT influenced patient and graft survival rates. Therefore, in order to improve the long-term survival of renal allografts efforts should focus on limiting CIT and the damage that occurs during this period.