Renal Homotransplantation: 20 to 36 Months Later

Renal homotransplantation: 20 to 36 months later.

FRobr November 1962 to March 1964, 64 uremic patients were treated with renal homoirafts obtained lrom living volunteer donors. The surgical m d non-operative techniques used to treat these patients were adapted from the pioneering methods described in thiscountry by Hume,' Murray, Merrill and Harrison.? and Goodwin7--and in Europe by Calne: Kiiss,Wamburger6 and Woodr~ff.~ Thirty-seven, or 58 p...

Problems in Renal Homotransplantation.

S INCE NOVEMBER, 1962, 12 renal homografting procedures, exclusive of a previously reported isograft ' between identical twins, have been performed at the University of Colorado Medical Center. During this period numerous observations have been made which bear on various aspects of the complex care of these patients, including ( a ) technical refinements in the procurement, preservation, and im...

Renal Homotransplantation in Rats

Within 3-6 hr after the reestablishment of the circulation, a characteristic pathology developed in renal homotransplants. Blood monocytes and lymphocytes adhered to large thin-walled vessels of the septa carrying interlobular arteries, traversed their walls, and aggregated in the connective tissue spaces around them. Within 3 days, the number and size of the extravascular cells markedly increa...

The Renal Support Network, 20 years later.

When I started the Renal Support Network (RSN) in 1993 I hoped to have at least a small impact at the local level. But our patient-run organization has had a national influence in helping patients with chronic kidney disease, and we are proud of our accomplishments. RSN is based on two fundamental principles: An illness is too demanding when you don’t have hope, and one friend can make the diff...

Thymectomy and renal homotransplantation.