For regenerative medicine, clarification of in vivo migration of transplanted cells is an important task to secure the safety of transplanted tissue. We had prepared tissue-engineered cartilage consisting of cultured chondrocytes with collagen hydrogel and a biodegradable porous polymer, and we clinically applied it for treatment of craniofacial anomaly. To verify the safety of this tissue-engi...

It has been suggested that the left kidney is easier to transplant than the right kidney because of the longer length of the left renal vein, facilitating the formation of the venous anastomosis. There are conflicting reports of differing renal allograft outcomes based on the side of donor kidney transplanted (left or right).We sought to determine the effect of side of donor kidney on early and...

Tacrolimus is a superior immunosuppressive agent in patients undergoing renal transplantation. In adults, the 1- and 3-year actuarial patient survivals were 95% and 92%, and the 1- and 3-year actuarial graft survivals were 89% and 80%. For first cadaver kidneys, the 1- and 3-year actuarial graft survivals were 91% and 82%, with a projected half-life of 11.9 years. Sixty-nine percent of successf...

OBJECTIVE To assess the results of surgical myocardial revascularization in renal transplant patients. METHODS From 1991 to 2000, 11 renal transplant patients, whose ages ranged from 36 to 59 (47.5+/-8) years, 8 males and 3 females, underwent myocardial revascularization. The time interval between renal transplantation and myocardial revascularization ranged from 25 to 120 (mean of 63.8+/-32....

The patient was a 52-year-old man who presented with right inguinal swelling and pain. He had undergone kidney transplantation in 2005 and bypass surgery using a vascular prosthesis from the left axillary artery to the bilateral femoral arteries in 2008. The vascular prosthesis had invaded the right inguinal canal ventrally. The transplanted ureter had a hazy appearance on a non-enhanced abdomi...

Anemia has long been known to be a complication of end-stage renal disease, leading to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Restored renal function after successful kidney transplantation should be associated with the complete correction of anemia. There are only few data available on the real prevalence of anemia after kidney transplantation. But, since many transplanted patients have some ...

Figure 2. (A) Non contrast IR-SSFP MRA in a patient with transplanted right kidney demonstrates a mild less than 50% luminal narrowing at the anastamosis (long white arrow) with ipsilateral native right distal common iliac artery (short arrow). First order branches (arrowheads) are unremarkable. (B) Non contrast IR-SSFP MRA in a patient with transplanted right kidney demonstrates normal transpl...

NINETEEN liver and 51 kidney retrievals (one pediatric pair is considered as a smgle organ) were performed in 26 non-heart-beating donors (NHBD) over a 5.5-year period. Consent for liver procurement was not obtained in seven cases. Fifty-seven allografts (14 livers and 43 kidneys) were transplanted while the remainder (5 livers and 8 kidneys) were discarded because of macroscopic and/or microsc...

Very late-onset cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after solid organ transplantation is not associated with classic risk factors; therefore, it does not follow a pattern of predictable appearance. A high index of suspicion is necessary to make an accurate diagnosis. Anemia has multiple etiologies among kidney transplanted recipients, and CMV could be one of them. We report the case of a kidney recip...

An effective and ultrarapid technique for kidney transplantation in the rabbit is introduced. Vascular anastomosis was completed using a novel cuff technique in which mating cuffs were used to join the delicate renal vein. The ureter was reconstructed by spatulated end-to-end anastomosis, with special attention to the rabbit's unique ureteral vascular anatomy. The total vascular anastomosis tim...