key articles
Laparoscopic Versus Open Live Donor Nephrectomy in Renal Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis
Tuesday, 22 January 2008 - Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy has gained widespread acceptance and is increasingly performed. The body of evidence assessing the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic compared with established open...
Authors: Nanidis et al.
Ureterocystoplasty is safe and effective in patients awaiting renal transplantation
Thursday, 3 January 2008 - Taghizadeh et al. (2007) assessed surgical outcomes and bladder function in a group of patients who had undergone ureterocystoplasty while awaiting renal transplantation.
An observational cohort study...
Authors: Taghizadeh et al.
Routine Stenting Reduces Urologic Complications as Compared with Stenting "On Demand" in Adult Kidney Transplantation
Monday, 24 December, 2007 -Complications after kidney transplantation are among the most frequent causes for an unplanned return to the operating room. Georgiev et al. (2007) examined the impact of the chosen surgical technique...
Authors: Georgiev et al.
Pretransplant laparoscopic nephrectomy in adult polycystic kidney disease: a single centre experience
Monday, 17 December 2007 - Desai et al. (2007) reported their experience with pretransplant laparoscopic nephrectomy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), as ADPKD often progresses to end-stage...
Authors: Desai et al.
Right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and the use of inverted kidney transplantation: an alternative technique
Thursday, 15 November 2007 - Simforoosh et al. (2007) reported a novel approach to overcome the problems associated with a short right renal vein harvested by clipping the vein during right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy...
Authors: Simforoosh et al.
Bladder carcinoma among live-donor renal transplant recipients: a single-centre experience and a review of the literature
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 - Kamal et al. (2007) reported their experience with bladder cancer among a renal transplant population and to review critically the relevant literature.
In all, 1865 renal graft recipients were...
Authors: Kamal et al.
Orthotopic Ileal Neobladder Reconstruction after Renal Transplant
Thursday, 25 October 2007 - Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion is an effective curative treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer. The orthotopic ileal neobladder has become a favorable choice of urinary diversion as it...
Authors: Cooke et al.
Urological malignancy after renal transplantation
Saturday, 22 September 2007 - Immunosuppression in solid-organ recipients is associated with a greater risk of de novo malignancy after transplantation. Besarani and Cranston (2007) reported the UK transplant registry (UKTR)...
Authors: Besarani & Cranston
Organ donation after cardiac death
Friday, 14 September 2007 Author: Steinbrook R. Source: New Engl J Med 2007;357(3):209- 213.There is a chronic undersupply of organs donated for transplantation in most countries. Ethical and medical considerations have so...
By: Mr Philip A. Cornford, Prof.Dr.Med. Oliver Hakenberg & Prof. A. Bjartell
De novo malignancies after kidney transplantation
Friday, 27 July 2007 - De novo malignancy is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplantation recipients. Several large studies have reported an average of 6% prevalence of cancer in kidney transplantation...
Authors: Hung et al.
