A new UC Davis Health study has found that paediatric kidney transplant patients have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from living, biologically unrelated donors compared to deceased donors. <br /><br />The study reviewed data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database from January 1, 2001, to Sept. 30, 2021. <br /><br />Researchers compared the rates of graft failure (when the organ is rejected by the recipient) and death, as well as long-term outcomes of children who received kidney transplants from living related donors, living unrelated donors, and deceased donors. <br /><br />It is the largest study of its kind and was published in the journal Pediatric Transplantation.
