from 1986 to 1996, 1020 renal transplants were performed at our center. the purposes of this study were. 1) to evaluate the patient and graft survival rates and 2) to see if some donors and recipient characteristics such as age, sex and relationship had any effects on graft survivals. 571 transplants were from living related donors (lrd) and 446 from living unrelated donors (lud). 65.9% of reci...

conclusions we found acceptable short-term survival in both groups; however, living donor recipients continue to have better long-term patient and graft survival rates. results although there were no significant differences in one-year survival rates of patient and graft between study groups, three-years survival rates of patient and graft were significantly longer in living donor kidney transp...

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...

Background. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an increasing problem in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has decreased the morbidity associated with HIV and has prompted renewed interest in renal transplantation. Methods. We performed four cases of deceased donor renal transplantation in HIV + recipients and th...

background& objective:  the prevalence and annual incidence of end stage renal disease  among 60 million iranians is about 15000 and 3175 (53 patients per million), respectively. the first renal transplantation was performed in shiraz, iran in 1967. iran has the most successful renal transplant program in the middle east  region. the renal transplant activity of the country has reached 24 renal...

advances in nephrology and pediatric urology have increased the number of children who survive renal disease and become candidates for renal transplantation. ten years of experience in pediatric renal transplantation are reviewed to determine the rates of patient morbidity and graft survival. of the 450 renal transplantations performed in imam reza hospital (1989- 1999), fifty-one were done on ...