In kidney transplantation, the tremendous shortage of organs is a major problem and an ongoing concern is whether any procured but discarded kidneys could have been successfully transplanted. A recent study investigated whether kidney procurement rates from deceased donors are reduced and discard rates are increased at the weekend.
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Matas, A., Payne, W. Increasing the use of available deceased donor kidneys. Nat Rev Urol 13, 500–501 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2016.135
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