Histological analysis of pre-transplant deceased donor renal biopsies and its association with long-term graft survival and function

The Independent Effects of Procurement Biopsy Findings on 10-Year Outcomes of Extended Criteria Donor Kidney Transplants

“…Whether biopsy findings have a clinically meaningful, independent association with transplant recipient outcomes beyond more easily obtained clinical parameters remains elusive, as the literature is filled with conflicting findings. 3 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 Conclusions are often drawn from small, single-center studies. Statistical interpretation is often over-reliant on arbitrary P value thresholds, instead of a more nuanced approach mindful of type II errors.…”