Evaluating the Survival Benefit of Kidney Retransplantation

Autor: Stanley S. A. Fenton, Panduranga S. Rao, Guanghui Wei, Douglas E. Schaubel
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Transplantation. 82:669-674
ISSN: 0041-1337
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000235434.13327.11
Popis: BACKGROUND: The magnitude of the survival benefit associated with kidney retransplantation has not been well studied. METHODS: Using data from the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR), we studied patients (n=3,067) initiating renal replacement therapy during 1981-1998 who had received a transplant and experienced graft failure (GF). Such patients were followed until death, loss to follow-up or the end of the observation period (December 31, 1998). Using Cox regression, we estimated the post-GF covariate-adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for retransplant versus dialysis, and determined whether the contrast differed across patient subgroups. Through nonproportional hazards models, we also examine patterns in the retransplant/dialysis HR with time following retransplant. RESULTS: Overall, retransplantation is associated with a covariate-adjusted 50% reduction in mortality, relative to remaining on dialysis (HR=0.50; P
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