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Unilateral Weakness Caused By Spinal Cord Infarction in a Renal Transplant Recipient.
Kidney Transplantation 1 min.
Spinal cord infarction has various clinical presentations, depending on the vascular territory involved at the spinal cord level. The most common symptom is bilateral weakness. However, unilateral hemiparesis can occur if the sulcal artery is involved. Stroke is the most common and serious cerebrovascular...
Kidney transplant biopsy adequacy and outcomes in children – is it time for change?
Kidney Transplantation 5 min.
Percutaneous kidney biopsy is key in the diagnosis of many kidney diseases in paediatrics. In the setting of kidney transplantation, biopsies are primarily utilised for the surveillance and detection of transplant rejection or other causes of transplant dysfunction [1]. Given the relatively poor correlation...
Tissue-based Gene Expression Diagnosis of Mild and Moderate T-cell-mediated Rejection to Guide Therapy in Kidney Transplants.
Kidney Transplantation 1 min.
Mild histologic lesions of tubulo-interstitial inflammation could represent a "response-to-wounding" rather than allorecognition. Tissue gene expression may complement histopathology for T-cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) diagnostics. Methods. We report on the incorporation of tissue gene expression testing...
First robot-assisted radical prostatectomy using Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery system in a post-kidney transplant patient: a case report
Kidney Transplantation 3 min.
Robot-assisted surgery has attracted significant interest because of its precise and minimally invasive nature. Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system was introduced by Medtronic in 2021 (Medtronic Ltd, Fridley, MN), and it represents a technological advancement featuring independently mounted...
