Old‐for‐Old Kidney Allocation Allows Successful Expansion of the Donor and Recipient Pool

Allocation of kidneys from donors older than 64 years to recipients older than 64 years was started in 1999 to improve use of older donor kidneys. Kidneys are allocated locally without HLA‐matching to keep cold ischemia short.

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