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QJM 2008 101(12):985-986; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcn144
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Kidney transplantation—the long term view

C.A. O'Callaghan

From the Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK

Address correspondence to Chris O'Callaghan, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK. email: chris.ocallaghan@ndm.ox.ac.uk

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Kidney transplantation is a routine and highly successful treatment for end-stage renal disease and transforms the lives of most recipients.1 However, in contrast to the transplantation of other major organs, the availability of artificial kidney function in the form of dialysis means that patients without kidney function can live for many years without transplantation. For this reason, the risks and benefits of kidney transplantation must be carefully weighed up against those of dialysis for each patient. Since the first kidney transplants were performed in the 1950s,2 there have been major advances in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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