Successful cadaveric kidney transplantation in an extended-hours hemodialysis patient with long-term hemodialysis vintage for 297 months

Abstract

The patient was a 41-year-old male who had been maintained on extended-hours hemodialysis for 297 months. Despite of long-term hemodialysis vintage, he had no vascular calcification and ectopic calcification. His kidney graft did not experience rejection or other complications 18 months after the cadaveric kidney transplant. Previous reports indicated that graft survival of extended-hours hemodialysis patients did not differ from conventional hemodialysis. However, the dialysis periods in these reports were much shorter than our case. Therefore, extended-hours hemodialysis in long-term dialysis patients may improve renal transplant outcomes in the countries where the waiting time for kidney transplant is long. Keywords: Kidney transplant, Extended-hours hemodialysis, Graft survival, Cadaveric, Vascular calcification