A 32 year old man underwent renal transplantation for the third time. This procedure was performed in December 1994, using the kidney of a living unrelated donor. The first transplanted kidney remained in the body after rejection but the second one was removed due to trauma. End-to-end anastomosis of the renal artery to the inferior mesenteric artery was performed and the ureter was reimpl...

Dear Editor, We read with interest the article by Raees-Jalali and colleagues1 recently published in the Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, titled “Hyperlipidemia after kidney transplantation: long-term graft outcome.” They evaluated the prevalence of hyperlipidemia and its relation with renal allograft function within 10 years of follow-up among 73 kidney transplant patients in a single cente...

Since the discovery of microRNAs, ample research has been conducted to elucidate their involvement in an array of (patho)physiological conditions. Ischemia reperfusion injury is a major problem in kidney transplantation and its mechanism is still not fully known, nor is there an effective therapy. Furthermore, no biomarker is available to specifically measure (ischemic) damage after kidney tran...

We read with great interest the article entitled “cadaver transplantation in recent era: is cadaveric graft survival similar to living kidney transplantation?” recently published in IJOTM by Simforoosh, et al [1]. The main message of this retrospective study is that one-year graft and patient survival rates in living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) are similar to those of deceased donor kid...

Background Enteric hyperoxaluria due to malabsorption may cause chronic oxalate nephropathy and lead to end-stage renal disease. Kidney transplantation is challenging given the risk of recurrent calcium-oxalate deposition and nephrolithiasis. Methods We established a protocol to reduce plasma oxalic acid levels peritransplantation based on reduced intake and increased removal of oxalate. The ...

Socioeconomic status-related factors have been associated with access to kidney transplantation, yet few studies have investigated both individual income and education as determinates of access to kidney transplantation. Therefore, this study aims to explore the effects of both individual income and education on access to kidney transplantation, controlling for both medical and non-medical fact...

Both type 1 diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease are associated with increased fracture risk, likely because of metabolic abnormalities that reduce bone strength. Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation is a treatment of choice for patients with both disorders, yet the effects of simultaneous pancreas-kidney and kidney transplantation alone on post-transplantation fracture risk ar...

Kidney transplantation is considered the gold standard in treatment of end-stage renal disease and can be performed if cadaveric or living related donor organ available. AB0 incompatible kidney lead to antibody-mediated rejection. There are a number methods world for elimination anti-A/B antibodies prepare incompa­tible transplantation, each which has its advantages disadvantages. Therefore, fu...