Abstract Background and Aims Kidney transplant patients are at higher risk for developing renal graft thrombosis, especially in pediatric patients. Renal thrombosis mainly causes failure leading to high morbidity, mortality, a significant impact on quality of life. To minimize the antithrombotic prophylaxis is widely used. However, effect kidney transplantation still matter discussion. Therefor...

Background: Urologic complications are the most dreaded of renal transplantation, particularly when pediatric en bloc kidneys (EBKs) used. Current techniques ureteroneocystostomy (UNC) not applicable to very small ureters kidneys. We reviewed our experience with pull-through in kidney transplantation from donors under or equal 5 kg weight. Material and Methods: The technique was used 32 EBKs. C...

Background and Purpose: Hospital readmission after kidney transplantation is a real challenge for both patients and healthcare systems. Assessment of the risk factors of readmission after kidney transplantation is vital and can reduce morbidity and cost in transplant recipients and donors. The aim of the current study was to determine the risk factors of hospital readmission in patients undergo...

OBJECTIVES 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 the size of the adult kidney. Here, we report our experience with renal Tx with live related d...

background: lung diseases are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality after renal transplantation. the aim of the study is to define the risk factors for infectious and noninfectious pulmonary complications in kidney transplant patients. materials and methods:we prospectively studied 267 patients after renal transplantation. the kidney recipients were followed-up for the development ...

tacrolimus is a main drug for induction and maintenance immunosuppression for patients with kidney transplants in many centers. one of important side effect of drug is post-transplant diabetes mellitus .of course; diabetes ketoacidosis (dka) is rare. in this report, a 12-year-old girl with dka was presented after 45 days of kidney transplantation.

patients and methods we investigated the timing and frequency of acute rejection episodes related to long-term patient-graft survival in taleghani hospital between 1990 and 2011. recipients were divided into three groups as group-1 (no rejection), group-2 (early acute rejection [ear]: less than 3-months) and group-3 (late acute rejection [lar]: after 3 months of transplant). conclusions lar had...