Treatment stategies of donor kidney prestorage calculi for the kidney before and after kidney transplantation / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

In general, kidney transplantation is the final treatment for patients with end-stage kidney disease because it is more cost-effective and can improve the quality of patient′s life. In addition, survival rate after transplantation is far superior to hemodialysis. Due to the lack of living donor kindey, centers have begun using the expanded criteria donor, one of which is to use kidneys containing calculi. The purpose of this article is to describe the selection and treatment strategies of donor kidney containing calculi in kidney transplantation and the related treatment methods for transplanted kidney calculi.