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Tuesday, 21 May 2013- Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of...

Tuesday, 5 March 2013- A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ.

Since there is a critical need to...

Thursday, 8 November 2012- Patients with pre-diabetes may still be eligible to serve as kidney donors, making more organs available for transplant, researchers said here. In a single-center, retrospective study, only about...

Thursday, 11 October 2012- Prophylactic ureteric stenting has been shown to reduce ureteric leaks and collecting system obstruction following renal transplantation and is in widespread use. However, the optimal time for removal...

Thursday, 13 September 2012- In people with late-stage chronic kidney disease, renal transplantation is the best treatment option to improve quality of life, but for those receiving dialysis, home-based automated peritoneal...

Wednesday, 18 July 2012- Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy has evolved as the procurement method of choice for living kidney donation. Given that this is a technically challenging procedure with potential risks for the...

Monday, 30 April 2012- In addition to its canonical role in musculoskeletal health, several reports have demonstrated that serum vitamin D level may influence kidney function. However, the effect of pretransplant serum vitamin D...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012- Early diagnosis of acute allograft rejection and effective immunosuppressive therapy lead to improvements in graft survival after kidney transplantation. However, there are no non-invasive diagnostic...

Tuesday, 6 March 2012- A consistent percentage of potential donors – 42% in the discussed series - are not considered suitable for donation, according to the results of a study by A. Breda and colleagues. The results highlight...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012- A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that racial disparities exist in both the early and late steps in access to kidney transplantation. This study is part of the...