introduction: the prevalence of rare bleeding disorders, including combined factor v+viii deficiency are higher in iran than in developed countries. there are only a few reports which have been written concerning kidney transplantation in the patients suffering from these disorders. case report: a 22-year old girl, with a known case of combined factor v+viii deficiency, a history of bladder sto...

background: anti-hla-antibodies are known to affect the allograft survival in transplant recipient patients. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between anti-hla antibodies and kidney allograft outcomes, particularly in recipients with concur-rent donor bone marrow cell infusion (dbmi). methods: between june 2006 and may 2007, forty living unrelated donor kidney tra...

Livers for transplantation from donation after circulatory death donors are relatively more prone to early and ongoing alterations in graft function that might ultimately lead loss even patient death. In consideration of this fact, working group the International Liver Transplantation Society has performed a critical evaluation medical literature create set statements regarding assessment allog...

BACKGROUND Although orthotopic heart transplantation has been an effective treatment for end-stage heart failure, the incidence of allograft failure has increased, necessitating treatment options. Cardiac retransplantation remains the only viable long-term solution for end-stage cardiac allograft failure. Given the limited number of available donor hearts, the long term results of this treatmen...

HYPOTHESIS Despite the observation that kidney transplantations from older donors have an increased risk of failure, the percentage of kidney donors 55 years and older has increased. We explored the risk of allograft failure in a single transplantation center with older (55-79 years) vs younger (18-54 years) donors. DESIGN Retrospective cohort review with a mean follow-up of 32 months. SETT...