The increasing age of patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Turkey, coupled with a shortage of kidney donors, has led to longer waiting times for transplants and an escalation in mortality rates. This retrospective study aimed to assess the effect on transplant outcomes of accepting kidneys from donors ≥70 years of age, given the rising number of older patients in the population. In all, 1400 patients were transplanted with kidneys from donors >50 years, with patient and graft survival as primary endpoints. Our results demonstrated that the most significant risk factors for graft function were recipient age >65 years, male sex, and presence of type 2 diabetes. Moreover, kidneys from donors ≥75 years of age achieved a half-life of 5 years. These findings suggest that donor age does not necessarily correlate with graft failure and that transplantation from older donors could help alleviate the organ shortage. Further research is needed to substantiate these conclusions.
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