abstract  background: resection of the distal end of the radius is indicated in the treatment  of locally aggressive primary benign and malignant bone tumors. the aim of this study  was to evaluate the technique of osteoarticular allograft reconstruction of the distal radius after wide excision of a giant-cell tumor.  methods: we analyzed 15 patients retrospectively who had reconstruction of th...

background: calcineurin inhibitors (cni) have significantly reduced the incidence of acute rejection. nephrotoxicity however may contribute to long-term allograft dysfunction. mycophenolate mofetil (mmf) may allow cyclosporine (csa) dose reduction without increasing the risk of rejection. methods: in seventy-eight living unrelated kidney transplant patients with renal dysfunction, we studied th...

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is more common in renal transplant and dialysis patients than the general population. However, RCC in transplanted kidneys is rare, and treatment has previously consisted of nephrectomy with a return to dialysis. There has been recent interest in nephron-sparing procedures as a treatment option for RCC in allograft kidneys in an effort to retain allograft function. Fo...

Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) are the most common cause of renal graft failure. Chronic transplant glomerulopathy (CTG) is present in approximately 1.5-3.0% of all renal grafts. We retrospectively studied the contribution of CTG and recurrent post-transplant glomerulopathies (RGN) to graft loss. We analyzed 123 patients with chronic renal allograft dysfunction and divided th...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a recognised complication of intravenous pentamidine therapy. A direct nephrotoxic effect leading to acute tubular necrosis has been postulated. We report a case of severe renal allograft dysfunction due to nebulised pentamidine. The patient presented with repeated episodes of AKI without obvious cause and acute tubular necrosis only on renal histology. Nebulised pe...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this review was to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes in studies of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using allograft versus ACDF with autograft, ACDF with cage devices, and cervical disc arthroplasty for the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA ACDF remains the standard ...

Sir, We read with interest the article recently published in Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, titled “Effect of Erythropoietin on Kidney Allograft Survival: Early Use After Transplantation” by Yassari and colleagues.1 This study focused on the impact of recombinant human erythropoietin on graft survival during the six months after kidney transplantation. In a univariable analysis, they concl...