Outcomes of kidney transplantation from uncontrolled donors after circulatory death vs. expanded-criteria or standard-criteria donors after brain death at an Italian Academic Center: a prospective observational study.

While "marginal" donors represent a relevant source of organs, KTs from uDCDs carry higher risks of major surgical complications, DGF, and worse graft survival as compared to KT from both ECDs and SCDs. As such, the use of grafts from uDCDs should be carefully assessed balancing the potential benefits with the risk of primary no function and the subsequent immunological sensitization.