Impact of early graft function on 10-year graft survival in recipients of kidneys from standard- or expanded-criteria donors

BackgroundThe use of kidneys from expanded-criteria donors (ECD) is regarded with caution.MethodsWe compared 279 kidney transplant recipients (KTxR) from standard-criteria donors (SCD) and 237 from ECD, transplanted between January 1990 and December 2006. We evaluated the impact of immediate graft f