Renal transplantation with expanded criteria donors: Which is the optimal immunosuppression?

Table 2 Subgroups with significant survival benefit after expanded criteria donor kidney transplantation according to epidemiological data[4,6,7,16]

Patients older than 40 yr

Long median waiting time (> 4 yr)

Patients with diabetes or hypertension

Patients of low immunological risk

Dialysis patients with vascular access problems

Dialysis patients whose life expectancy in dialysis is lower than the estimated waiting time for kidney transplantation