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Partial nephrectomy (PN) to remove these lesions prior to transplantation may help optimize organ usage without recurrence of malignancy or increased risk of complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We retrospectively analyzed all recipients of a living or deceased donor graft between February 2009 and October 2022 in which a PN was performed prior to transplant due to the presence of one or more concerning growths. Donor and recipient demographics, perioperative data, donor allograft pathology, and recipient outcomes were obtained.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty-six recipients received a graft in which a PN was performed to remove suspicious masses or cysts prior to transplant. Majority of pathologies turned out to be a simple renal cyst (65%), followed by renal cell carcinoma (15%), benign multilocular cystic renal neoplasm (7.5%), angiomyolipoma (5%), benign renal tissue (5%), and papillary adenoma (2.5%). No renal malignancy recurrences were observed during the study period (median follow-up: 67.2 months). Fourteen complications occurred among 11 patients (30.6% overall) during the first 6mo post-transplant. Mean eGFR (\u00b1 standard error) at 36 months post-transplant was 51.9\u2009\u00b1\u20094.2\u2005ml\/min\/1.73\u2005m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200923). Three death-censored graft losses and four deaths with a functioning graft and were observed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>PN of renal grafts with suspicious looking masses or cysts is a safe option to optimize organ usage and decrease the kidney non-use rate, with no observed recurrence of malignancy or increased risk of complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2024.1391971","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,24]],"date-time":"2024-04-24T04:37:08Z","timestamp":1713933428000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Optimizing the kidney donor pool: transplanting donor kidneys after partial nephrectomy of masses or cysts"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Marina 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