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Robotic‐assisted native pyeloureterostomy with indocyanine green, after kidney transplantation
Kidney Transplantation 2 min.
Kidney transplantation (KT) is the optimal treatment for end‐stage renal disease, offering improved quality of life and increased life expectancy and quality of life. Nevertheless, KT is a complex procedure associated with postoperative complications that can reduce the intended benefits. Bladder...
A personalised delisting strategy enables successful kidney transplantation in highly sensitised patients with preformed donor‐specific anti HLA antibodies
Kidney Transplantation 6 min.
The single‐antigen bead (SAB) Luminex assay has greatly improved DSA detection in kidney transplantation (KT), and the established association between preDSA and early acute antibody‐mediated rejection (aAMR) risk and long‐term graft loss, has directed transplant teams towards preDSA...
Risk factors for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after kidney transplantation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Kidney Transplantation 4 min.
Since the first kidney transplant (KT), the field of transplantation has been transformed. KT has become the most effective kidney replacement treatment for chronic kidney disease, which can extend life expectancy and enhance the quality of life. Despite the current significant improvement in survival...
Oxalate Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Outcomes of Two Phenotypes
Kidney Transplantation 5 min.
Oxalate or oxalic acid is a dicarboxylic acid that is derived either from diet or from endogenous metabolism of ascorbic acid and some amino acids. There is no human enzyme that degrades oxalate further, and normally it is freely filtered and excreted by the kidneys [1]. Primary hyperoxaluria represents...
