BACKGROUND Renal transplantation is recognised as being the optimal treatment modality for many patients with end stage renal disease. This analysis aimed to explore the equity of access to renal transplantation in the UK. METHODS Transplant activity and waiting list data were obtained from NHS Blood and Transplant, demographic and laboratory data were obtained from the UK Renal Registry. All...

PURPOSE AND PATIENTS AND METHODS The purpose of this article is to report the experience of three centers with combined hepatic and renal transplantation for pyridoxine-resistant primary hyperoxaluria type I (alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase [EC 2.6.1.44] deficiency), with particular emphasis on the selection criteria and timing of the operation. Nine patients with this inherited disease wer...

PURPOSE Routine evaluation of kidney donors occasionally reveals an incidental renal mass with an otherwise satisfactory kidney function. The use of such a kidney with an enhancing mass for transplantation is a matter of debate owing to a possible risk of transmission of donor malignancies. We report our experience of kidney transplants from donors with renal cell carcinoma, after ex vivo resec...

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background urinary tract infection (uti) is common in children. uti with or without vesico-ureteral reflux (vur) may result in renal scarring. severe renal scarring impairs renal function and may result in hypertension, renal insufficiency, and end stage renal disease requiring dialyses or transplantation. beta 2 micro-globulin (ß2mg) is a low molecular weight protein freely filtered by the glo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In contrast to the improvement in our understanding of the pathogenesis and presentation of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), data regarding the issue of kidney and liver transplantation in patients with ARPKD remain particularly scarce. Here, we report the results and outcome of renal and/or liver transplantation in a series of patients with ARPKD...

Aim: To evaluate the cardiovascular system functions biochemically and echocardiographically in renal transplant recipients before after transplantation.
 Materials Methods: Patients who were followed up Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department Pediatric Nephrology diagnosed with CRF, underwent transplantation age 18 included study. A control group was formed from healthy volunteers...

background& objective:  the prevalence and annual incidence of end stage renal disease  among 60 million iranians is about 15000 and 3175 (53 patients per million), respectively. the first renal transplantation was performed in shiraz, iran in 1967. iran has the most successful renal transplant program in the middle east  region. the renal transplant activity of the country has reached 24 renal...