Review Article

Expanded Criteria Donors in Kidney Transplantation: The Role of Older Donors in a Setting of Older Recipients

Table 1

Graft survival: comparison between standard and expanded criteria donor (ECD).

AuthorYearNo. of KTs<60 yr 
≥60 yr
(ECD)
Graft survival

Collini et al. [22]2006
125

71%
(3 yr)nd
Andrés et al. [20]2009
443

83%
(3 yr)n.s.
Ferrer et al. [24]2009
100

75%
(3 yr)
Resende et al. [26]2009
73

77%
(5 yr)
Fraser et al. [25]2010
234

79.1%
(5 yr)
di Cocco et al. [23]2011
32

87.5%
(3 yr)n.s.
Nardo et al. [27]2011
249

86.9%
(5 yr)n.s.
Barba et al. [21]
163

74%
(5 yr)<0.001