Kidney transplantation in Icelandic patients, 2000–2019: are outcomes affected by low volume?

• Published in: Frontiers in Transplantation
• Main Authors: Palsson, Thordur P., Andresdottir, Margret B., Jonsson, Eirikur, Jonsson, Johann, Hilmarsson, Rafn, Indridason, Olafur S., Palsson, Runolfur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2024
• Subjects: Meier; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2024.1398444; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frtra.2024.1398444/full

Background In Iceland, a small number of kidney transplants from living donors (LDs) are performed at Landspitali University Hospital (LUH) in Reykjavik, while deceased donor transplants have until recently invariably been carried out abroad. In this study, we evaluated the outcome of kidney transpl...