1990 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 12-18
Organ transplantation is recently drawing public attention. Working in a facility where many brain dead cases occur, we cannot be indifferent to organ transplantation. Our center began to provide kidneys obtained just after brain de ad patient heart stoppage in May 1988. We have provided the kidneys from nine brain dead patients in the period from May 1988 to September 1989. In the present paper, we report problems found in the nine cases and discuss the present status and future of renal transplantation.
Both hemodialysis and renal transplantation are believed to be equally essential for treatment of chronic renal failure. In Japan, however, the proportion of renal transplantation in the treatment of chronic renal failure is much lower than that of many foreign countries. In addition, kidneys provided by dead donors account for only 30% of total kidneys used in transplantation.
Renal transplantation is a radical treatment form for chronic renal failure. We believe that the promotion of renal transplantation, transplantation using kidneys provided by dead donors in particular, will be a great boon for patientswith renal failure.
