Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Clin Transplant. 2019 Jan;33(1):e13419. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13419. Epub 2018 Oct 21.
The organ shortage is one of the major challenges in the field of organ transplantation, yet the percentage of kidneys procured and discarded prior to transplantation has continued to rise to twenty percent. The causes of organ discard are complex, yet an urgent need exists for collaborative efforts to maximize the utilization of all potentially transplantable renal allografts. The National Kidney Foundation convened a meeting of experts to identify factors contributing to reduced organ utilization, and to propose actionable solutions to decrease the rate of kidney discards.
器官短缺是器官移植领域面临的主要挑战之一，但在移植前被废弃的肾脏数量仍持续上升至 20%。导致器官废弃的原因复杂，但迫切需要协作努力，以最大限度地利用所有潜在可移植的肾移植供体。美国国家肾脏基金会召集了一次专家会议，以确定导致器官利用率降低的因素，并提出切实可行的解决方案，以降低肾脏废弃率。
