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During the study, researchers followed over 1,000 transplant patients and found that those receiving a small kidney in comparison to their weight were more at risk of complications like high blood pressure, kidney scarring, and a 55 percent increased risk of transplant failure two years after the operation.
In the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the researchers said the findings would give surgeons a new chance to improve long-term survival, reports bbc.co.uk.

'This information is potentially useful for thousands of transplants and provides a new opportunity to improve long-term graft survival,' he added.
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