To the Editor: We report the increasing use and initial success with kidney transplantation from living, non-related donors in recent times. Since the commencement of the Australian transplant registry, there have been 27 such transplants in Australia (the first in 1986). Eight of these ...
Kidney transplant, replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with a healthy one obtained either from a living relative or a recently deceased person. Kidney transplant is a treatment for persons who have chronic renal failure requiring dialysis. Althou
In this first report of a clinical series of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPKs) from live donors, the authors assess donor and recipient outcome as well as the spectrum of surgical and metabolic complications. The rationale for live (vs. cadaveric) donation includes an immunologic adva...
Type A subgroup is rare in Japan, and kidney transplant to a type A subgroup recipient is rare worldwide. A 65-year-old man presented for living-donor kidney transplant. Blood group testing showed that his wife (kidney donor) had blood group type A. The patient (recipient) had a type ...
Kidney transplantation (Tx) with a live related donor is the best option available for the treatment of end-stage renal disease at any age. Modern dialysis has allowed many very young and small children to receive a renal transplant with good results in spite of the limitations of space and ...
Kidney transplant dates to 1954, when it was first successfully completed by Dr. Joseph Murray, at Brigham Hospital, in Boston. The surgery was performed in identical twins, using an open technique [1,2]. Historical efforts by a myriad of specialties, including nephrology, immunology, and surge...
Slayman has been living with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure for many years, doctors said. He received a kidney transplant from a human donor in December 2018, but the organ began to fail after five years and he resumed dialysis in May 2023. ...
After my first transplant I had mixed emotions for approx 2 years until I recieved my second transplant from a live related donor. With my kidney failing within the first week or so I cant tell you what experiences I've been through. The drugs I had to take made me sick, dizzy had ...