The continuing shortage of kidneys for transplantation requires major efforts to expand the donor pool. Donation after cardiac death (DCD) increases the number of available kidneys, but it is unknown whether patients who receive a DCD kidney live longer than patients who remain on dialysis and wait for a conventional kidney from a brain-dead donor (DBD). This observational cohort study included...

The cornerstone events of transplantation history in Turkey are summarized herein. In 1975, we performed the first living-related renal transplant in Turkey. This was followed in 1978, by the first deceased donor kidney transplantation, using an organ supplied by Eurotransplant. In 1979 the law on harvesting, storage, grafting, and transplantation of organs and tissues was enacted; later that y...

Transplant centers are turning to emotionally related or living unrelated kidney donors more often than in the past. Such donors are a benefit to the patient with end-stage renal disease, yet concern about their use persists. In the United States, the use of related donors has been well established in most centers. Nonetheless, there had been a reluctance to use nonrelatives that only recently ...

Introduction Live kidney transplantation has several advantages than cadaveric-kidney transplantation and is still frequently performed. When assessed in terms of donor consent and religious concepts, there is a negative relationship between these terms and live kidney transplantation. However, there is little information about renal disease, social and psychological problems of donors after do...

erative endarteritis were found in the kidney tissue, suggesting intravenous drug addiction in the kidney donor (Figure 1D). Follow-up quantitative Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for cytomegalovirus (CMV) revealed 65.000 copies/ml. Liposomal amphotericin B, therapy for nontuberculous mycobacteriosis and ganciclovir were added to the therapeutic regime. The patient’s condition did not improve a...

Introduction . Infectious complications contribute to a significant decrease in graft and recipient survival rates. The article describes case report of transplantation the primary infected kidney transplant. Material methods A 33-year-old patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus end-stage renal disease underwent transplantation. deceased donor was 46-year-old man confirmed brain death as result a...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In patients with advanced diabetic kidney disease, kidney transplantation (KT) with or without a pancreas transplant is the treatment of choice. We aimed to review current data regarding kidney and pancreas transplant options in patients with both type 1 and 2 diabetes and the outcomes of different treatment ...

BACKGROUND Infants make up the most high-risk, difficult to care for subgroup undergoing kidney transplantation, with the lowest 1- and 2-year graft survival rates of any other age group. The principal causes of graft loss have been graft thrombosis, primary nonfunction, technical error, and irreversible acute rejection. HYPOTHESIS Infants undergoing kidney transplantation can achieve near 10...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There exists an inherent conflict between a kidney donor's right to know key aspects of a recipient's medical history and specific disease, such as HIV, where federal and state statues protect this information. The authors of the live organ donor consensus group expressly stated the principal of a donor's right to recipient information. This information includes the ri...

PURPOSE In order to select the most appropriate donor and minimize psychological and physical complications in the kidney donors, it is of high importance to prepare the donor meticulously. The essential respective items are reviewed in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS The available published literature and papers presented in Medline from 1983 to 2003 were reviewed. RESULTS One the source...