found that compared to uninfected candidates, HIV-positive patients were 12% less likely to receive a first offer and 18% less likely to undergo a transplant after receiving a first offer [5]. They also found that HCV-positive patients were similarly likely to receive a first offer, but ...
Patients with diffuse aorto-iliac atherosclerosis, type-C or -D aorto-iliac disease according to the Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus Document (TASC), [11] were considered as candidates for pretransplant vascular bypass surgery. Symptomatic patients with TASC type-A or -B aorto-iliac disease...
Safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery in dialysis patients and kidney transplan- tation candidates. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015;11(2):419- 423.Jamal MH, Corcelles R, Daigle CR, et al. Safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery in dialysis patients and kidney transplantation candidates. ...
COVID-19 pandemic waves and mortality among patients on kidney replacement therapy. Kidney Int. Rep. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.06.007 (2022). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Patel, P. R. et al. Assessment of provision of COVID-19 vaccination in dialysis clinics ...
A number of alternatives to open or laparoscopic extirpative surgery are under study as potential treatments forkidney tumors. Patients who are poor surgical candidates and those with hereditary basedrenal tumorswho are at risk of multiple renal operations would benefit from less invasive treatment mod...
First, the final molecular diagnosis allowed for genetic counseling of the patients’ family members and a full assessment of the living donor candidates. After obtaining informed consent, genetic screening for living donors was conducted in 35 families (Table 1). Reproductive counseling was also prov...
Another population-based study of kidney transplant candidates and recipients found that, for kidney failure–related cancer, particularly kidney and thyroid cancer, the risk was higher during dialysis following kidney failure.8 Although several population-based cohort studies7, 8, 9,21 have ...
Chronic kidney disease patients present with high prevalence of frailty, especially those who are in renal replacement therapy. Frail or pre-frail patients on the kidney transplant waiting list represent 20–30%, and these patients are proven to have poorer results after the transplant, which is ...
[1,2]. However, more recently the results of renal transplantation in children have improved so that even infants with ESRD may be suitable candidates for renal transplantation. Many centres still prefer an age above 2 years and a weight above 15 kg, but infants aged 6 months and weighing ...
A previous report demonstrated excellent graft and patient survival in elderly recipients from older living donors, showing that older living donors may be an important option for elderly transplantation candidates and should be considered for older patients with a willing and suitable older donor [13]...