BACKGROUND Limited data exist on the impact of living kidney donation on the donor-recipient relationship. Purpose of this study was to explore motivations to donate or accept a (living donor) kidney, whether expected relationship changes influence decision making and whether relationship changes are actually experienced. METHODS We conducted 6 focus groups in 47 of 114 invited individuals (4...

Background and Objective: Determining the efficiency of kidney transplantation, survival rate patients after surgery, role factors affecting this is particular importance. The present study aimed to assess recipients cadaveric-donor kidneys in transplant unit Imam Reza (AS) Hospital Tabriz during last five years. Materials Methods: This descriptive-analytical was conducted on kidneys. data were...

Background Kidney transplantation recipients are at an increased risk of lung complications due to infectious or non-infectious reasons. We aimed determine the after and what we could do prevent during follow-up, retrospectively.
 Material Methods The 296 patients who underwent kidney surgery in our centre between years 1999 2006 were included study.
 Results 75% male (n: 222). 77% 22...

This article focuses on geographic variability in patient access to kidney transplantation in the United States. It examines geographic differences and trends in access rates to kidney transplantation, in the component rates of wait-listing, and of living and deceased donor transplantation. Using data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation ...

To reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with unrelated donor bone marrow (BM) transplantation and potentially extend the pool of suitable donors, cryopreserved unrelated donor umbilical cord blood was considered as an alternate source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation. Patients with leukemia, BM failure syndrome, or inborn error of metabolism were eligible for a phase I c...

One of the major challenges in developing programs for kidney transplantation is represented by presence antibodies targeting HLA donor recipients and, particular cases, incompatibility ABO blood groups among and recipient living donors [...]