renal transplantation is considered one of the best long-term therapies for chronic renal failure, but unfortunately the incidence of malignancy significantly increases in renal transplant recipients. we analyzed nine cases of malignancy in 200 renal transplant recipients occurring in a 12-year follow-up in imam hospital of tehran university, tehran, iran. according to this study, the organ mos...

kidney transplantation is the most common transplantation in the world. annually, a large number of patients that have chronic renal failure are undergoing renal transplantation and the major subject about these patients is the rejection of graft that should be controlled by immunosuppressive agents.  the aim of this study is investigation of the effect of cyclosporin against tacrolimus in pati...

conclusions this nonrandomized comparison of stent types in kidney transplantation supports the use of prophylactic double-j stents in terms of decreased ureteric complications and reduced length of hospital stay. patients and methods a retrospective analysis was performed on data of renal transplantations performed at our institution in a 12-month period. in this period, external and double-j ...

introduction: the prevalence of rare bleeding disorders, including combined factor v+viii deficiency are higher in iran than in developed countries. there are only a few reports which have been written concerning kidney transplantation in the patients suffering from these disorders. case report: a 22-year old girl, with a known case of combined factor v+viii deficiency, a history of bladder sto...

hypertension is a common complication of kidney transplantation with the prevalence of 80%. studies in adults have shown a high prevalence of hypertension (htn) in the first three months of transplantation while this rate is reduced to 50- 60% at the end of the first year. htn remains as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, lower graft survival rates and poor function of transplante...

diet of patient who has tolerated kidney transplantation is differing from the past. knowing about this subject, help patient choose proper diet. patient may be has many questions about his/her diet that must be considered. do you need to special diet? yes, after kidney transplantation, diet playing important role. you understanding that attention to diet after transplantation are easier than d...

conclusions the length of transplanted ureter does not affect the postoperative urologic complications (including urinary fistula and ureter-to-bladder anastomosis stricture), and it seems that decreased rate of complication frequency during the recent years is due to technical improvement, surgeon’s skillfulness and development in use of immunosuppressant’s postoperatively. result a total of 3...

background and aims: immunosuppressive regimens are a key component for successful kidney transplantation. this systematic review aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of combination therapy of everolimus with tacrolimus in kidney transplantation recipients. methods: results were limited to english-language articles. trials where recipients received another regimen were excluded. the cochrane...