May 29, 2017.
Allowing people with diabetes to donate their kidneys may benefit patients, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Explanations.
A kidney transplant from diabetic donors
Currently, people with diabetes cannot donate their kidneys for the simple reason that these organs have a higher risk of death. But according to a study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, diabetics should be allowed to donate their kidneys as this could be of great benefit to patients.
The waiting list of patients suffering from renal failure and who are waiting for a transplant is constantly growing. This is why American researchers have tried to understand the risks of a kidney transplant from diabetic donors. Are you more likely to die while waiting for a kidney or after receiving a kidney from a person with diabetes?
What are the risks for patients?
To answer this question, they compared the death rate of just over 8,000 patients. Some had been transplanted with a kidney from a diabetic donor, others were waiting for a healthy organ. After ten years of observation, they were able to observe that patients transplanted with a kidney from a diabetic donor reduced their risk of dying by 9% compared to those who remained on the waiting list.
” Diabetic donor kidneys appear to be associated with a higher risk of death compared to non-diabetic donor kidneys, but offer a greater chance of survival compared to those waiting for a healthy kidney ”, Estimated the authors of the study. Note, however, that patients under the age of 40 would not have gained in life expectancy.
Marine Rondot
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