©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Transplant. Dec 18, 2025; 15(4): 111031
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.111031
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.111031
Table 2 Perioperative characteristics of living donor kidney transplantation. mean cold ischaemic time (from time of kidney perfused with hypothermic perfusion solution to time out of ice), n (%)
| Maintenance immunosuppression | |
| Tacrolimus | 78 (53) |
| Tacrolimus + mycophenolate | 32 (21.4) |
| Tacrolimus + prednisolone + mycophenolate | 25 (16.8) |
| Tacrolimus + prednisolone | 12 (8.1) |
| Mismatch category (National Health Service Blood and Transplant) | |
| 1 | 17 (11.4) |
| 2 | 18 (12.1) |
| 3 | 67 (45) |
| 4 | 47 (31.5) |
| Cold ischaemia time (minutes) (mean ± SD) | 251 ± 104 |
| Vascular anatomy | |
| Single | 118 (79.2) |
| Multiple | 24 (16.1) |
| Reconstruction | 7 (4.7) |
| Modality of donor nephrectomy | |
| Mini open | 24 (16.1) |
| Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic | 42 (28.1) |
| Laparoscopic (including, hand-assisted) | 83 (55.7) |
- Citation: Anastasopoulos NA, Charif R, Loucaidou M, Herbert PE, Muthusamy ASRE, Dor FJMF, Papalois VE. Outcomes of living donor kidney transplantation from extended criteria donors to extended criteria recipients: A retrospective cohort study. World J Transplant 2025; 15(4): 111031
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v15/i4/111031.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.111031