Donor-recipient age matching has been proposed as a means of improving overall outcomes in deceased donor renal transplantation. It was hypothesized that donor-recipient age matching would improve patient survival time in younger recipients while not adversely affecting patient survivals in older recipients because they seldom outlive their grafts. By use of data from United Network of Organ Sh...

Biliary complications of living donor liver transplantation remain common. The complications of biliary leakage and stricture result in substantial recipient morbidity. A major focus of liver transplantation research is the prevention and reduction of these complications through identification of the multiple factors that are conducive to them. Such factors include the donor bile duct anatomy a...

background different methods for dressing of donor site of skin graft in burn patients have similarly pain, limitation of mobility of donor site and local complications such as infection and scar. amniotic membrane has used for improvement of healing in some wounds. accordingly in this study amnion was used as biologic dressing for donor site of skin graft to evaluate it’s efficacy in improveme...

the first kidney transplant survival is very important. we know that short-term survival of kidney transplantation is improved over the past two decades in iran; however, no information is available on long-term survival and predictors. this study explored factors influencing long-term renal transplant survival at northwest of iran.in this single-center, study, survival rates and half-life of 2...

BACKGROUND The type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) is involved in the development of fibrosis, and its intrarenal expression is increased in interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA). Moreover, a 4G/5G polymorphism of the PAI-1 gene has been described associating 4G haplotype with higher PAI-1 plasma activity. We investigated the relationship between the donor and recipient PA...

Selection of a suitable graft for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation involves consideration of both donor and recipient characteristics. Of primary importance is sufficient donor-recipient HLA matching to ensure engraftment and acceptable rates of GVHD. In this Perspective, the National Marrow Donor Program and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research pr...

Background-Failure ofthe donor (graft) heart is the main cause ofmortality in the first month after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. In a preliminary study marked downregulation of cardiac fp adrenoceptor density was found in apparently normal donor hearts ofrecipients who developed severe cardiac failure soon after implantation. Cardiac fl adrenoceptors are an important factor in the develo...

Introduction Maintaining the correct orientation of the donor graft is important during Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). We describe a new method of marking the donor graft prior to DMEK. Methods Twelve eyes of 10 patients with bullous keratopathy who underwent DMEK were retrospectively analysed. Donor discs were created by stripping the endothelium-Descemet's membrane lay...