rectus sheath hematoma usually occurs unilateral but rare cases of bilateral hematoma have been reported. herein we report the first case of spontaneous bilateral rectus sheath hematoma in the kidney transplanted patient.

EXCELLENT results with renal transplantation between identical twins by Murray, Merrill and Harrison (1958) proved that a transplanted kidney can maintain permanent normal function. In 1959 successful transplantations between nonidentical twins by Merrill and by Hamburger and their respective teams with good, long-term results opened a new era in the field of human kidney transplantation and we...

between april 5, 1988 and sept. 3, 1992, 204 cases of kidney transplantation were performed using modified licht's implantation technique and from sept. 4, 1992 to sept. 3, 1993, 57 cases were done with barry's method. age ranged from 11 to 60 years and in both groups had nearly similar distribution. kidneys were provided from live donors. immunosuppressive therapy was similar in all ...

in the september and november 2006 issues of nature clinical practice nephrology , two articles regarding living unrelated kidney donor transplantation alluded to the practices in iran. having served in the planning, supervision and implementation of various aspects of health care in iran, including organ transplantation (anh), and as transplant nephrologists who have actively participated in t...

heart failure is common in patients with chronic renal disease, either as a complication of renal failure or from shared risk factors, or is the major cause of death in patients on dialysis. at present, end stage renal disease (esrd) patients who have systolic heart failure are considered high-risk for surgery; and nephrologists and cardiologists are reluctant to refer these patients for kidney...

background multiple renal arteries in kidney grafts have been associated with an increased rate of vascular and urologic complications. our objective is to compare the outcome of transplanted patients who receive a single pedicle kidney with those who receive a multiple arterial graft. objectives to find our the differences in the outcome and complications in patients undergoing kidney transpla...