Serratia marcescens peritoneal dialysis peritonitis: a clinical case and therapeutic approach by Hmaidouch Nabil, Yacoubi Qods, Dkhissi Rihab, Ouzeddoun Naima, Benamar Loubna

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Macrocystic Adult Penile Lymphangioma: A Rare Presentation by Jaisukh Kalathia, Kaushal Patel, Santosh Agrawal

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Renal Transplantation in Patients with Cystinosis – A Case Series by Yashwanth Raj Thiagarajan, Dinesh Kannabhiran, Kanakaraj Arumugham, Rajan Ravichandran

“…Here, we report the outcomes of four patients with cystinosis who underwent kidney transplantation. All the patients were young males. …”
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Systematic, Pretransplant Screening by Aortoiliac CT Angiography: Impact on Surgical Decision-making and Clinical Outcomes by Marie B. Nielsen, MD, PhD, Jacob Budtz-Lilly, MD, PhD, Jonathan N. Dahl, MD, Anna K. Keller, MD, PhD, Bente Jespersen, MD, DMSc, Per R. Ivarsen, MD, PhD, Simon Winther, MD, DMSc, Henrik Birn, MD, DMSc

“…Aortoiliac screening before kidney transplantation is suggested by some guidelines to select patients for transplantation and to assist surgical planning. …”
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Desensitization: Overcoming the Immunologic Barriers to Transplantation by Supreet Sethi, Jua Choi, Mieko Toyoda, Ashley Vo, Alice Peng, Stanley C. Jordan

“…HLA (Human Leucocyte Antigen) sensitization is a significant barrier to successful kidney transplantation. It often translates into difficult crossmatch before transplant and increased risk of acute and chronic antibody mediated rejection after transplant. …”
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Penile Glans Amputation following Circumcision: A Case Report of a Rare Complication by Salman Soltani, Mahdi Mottaghi, Amir Jafarpisheh, Mahmoud Tavakkoli

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Daratumumab for Bortezomib-Refractory Proliferative Glomerulonephritis With Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits in Kidney Allograft: A Case Report by Zewei Chen, Shangxi Fu, Jun Wu, Xiaoling Luo, Zhiguo Mao, Dechao Xu, Xiang Gao

“…To date, rare data on the application of daratumumab in patients with PGNMID after kidney transplantation have been reported. Herein, we first described a unique patient with recurrent PGNMID in kidney allograft who was treated with daratumumab after not responding to bortezomib-based regimens. …”
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Influence of SPK with Enteric Drainage on the Pancreatic Exocrine Function in Diabetic Patients with Uremia by Guanghui Pei, Wu Lv, Xiaohang Li, Guoqing Zhang, Jialin Zhang

“…This study aimed to determine the use of fecal elastase in evaluating the effect of simultaneous pancreas–kidney transplantation with enteric drainage on the pancreatic exocrine function of diabetic patients with uremia. …”
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Research prospects for kidney xenotransplantation: a bibliometric analysis by Shujun Yang, Mingtao Zhang, Hao Wei, Bin Zhang, Jiang Peng, Panfeng Shang, Shengkun Sun

“…Background Xenograft kidney transplantation has been receiving increasing attention. …”
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Polygenic risk score for acute rejection based on donor-recipient non-HLA genotype mismatch. by Rui Cao, David P Schladt, Casey Dorr, Arthur J Matas, William S Oetting, Pamala A Jacobson, Ajay Israni, Jinbo Chen, Weihua Guan

“…<h4>Background</h4>Acute rejection (AR) after kidney transplantation is an important allograft complication. …”
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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Recent Advances and Insights by Francesco Lasorsa, Arianna Biasatti, Angelo Orsini, Gabriele Bignante, Gabriana M. Farah, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Luca Lambertini, Deepika Reddy, Rocco Damiano, Pasquale Ditonno, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Riccardo Autorino, Srinivas Vourganti

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Short-Time Intermittent Preexposure of Living Human Donors to Hyperoxia Improves Renal Function in Early Posttransplant Period: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Kamran Montazeri, Mohammadali Vakily, Azim Honarmand, Parviz Kashefi, Mohammadreza Safavi, Shahram Taheri, Bahram Rasoulian

“…Intermittent exposure of human living kidney donor to hyperoxic environment may improve renal function following kidney transplantation.…”
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Adult Renal Transplantation in a Patient 28 Years after Heart Transplantation as a Neonate for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome by Joseph Licata, Shane Michael Roberts, Piotr Janicki, Dmitri Bezinover

“…We present a case of kidney transplantation in a 28-year-old patient who received a heart transplant at 7 weeks of age due to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. …”
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Gene Expression Profile in Delay Graft Function: Inflammatory Markers Are Associated with Recipient and Donor Risk Factors by Diego Guerrieri, Luis Re, Jorgelina Petroni, Nella Ambrosi, Roxana E. Pilotti, H. Eduardo Chuluyan, Domingo Casadei, Claudio Incardona

“…Delayed graft function (DGF) remains an important problem after kidney transplantation and reduced long-term graft survival of the transplanted organ. …”
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The interaction between nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and sirolimus: a case report of a kidney recipient with renal insufficiency and COVID-19 by Yinhua Gong, Dan Shen, Jinfang Shi, Ye Jiang, Jie Gao

“…This report describes the case of a patient with a prior history of kidney transplantation who received nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. …”
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Dendritic Cell-Based Approaches for Therapeutic Immune Regulation in Solid-Organ Transplantation by Giuseppe Vassalli

“…Two clinical trials in type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis have been carried out, and other trials, including one trial in kidney transplantation, are in progress or are imminent.…”
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Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Endocan in Kidney Diseases by Elisabeth Samouilidou, Virginia Athanasiadou, Eirini Grapsa

“…Endocan could additionally improve the early diagnostic evaluation of acute kidney disease, chronic renal allograft injury, and acute rejection after kidney transplantation, thus contributing to endothelial cell injury monitoring in a timely manner.…”
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Caring for Patients with CRF: Rewards and Benefits by Ayman Karkar

“…Early referral of patients with CRF has the advantage of receiving adequate management and regular followup, with significant reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, attending an education program, prepared psychologically, participate in the decision of type of RRT, preemptive kidney transplantation, early creation of dialysis access, and adequate training in selected modality of RRT. …”
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Airway Compromise due to Retropharyngeal Emphysema–A Rare Complication of an Extravasated Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter by Ana Licina

“…She had developed voice changes, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath with a fever and increased respiratory rate in intensive care unit 12 days after a double liver and kidney transplantation. Computerised tomography of neck and chest demonstrated extensive retropharyngeal and subcutaneous emphysema, laryngeal distortion and pneumo-mediastinum; however, the causative factors were not immediately obvious. …”
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Successful Use of Ectopic Pelvic Kidney for Living Related Donation Technical Aspects and Literature Review by R. C. Minnee, H. J. A. N. Kimenai, J. van de Wetering, J. N. M. Ijzermans

“…The use of ectopic pelvic kidney for living kidney transplantation is a highly demanding surgical procedure but after extensive preoperative investigation in high volume centers with surgical expertise in vascular reconstruction and access surgery, ectopic pelvic kidneys should not be a contraindication for donation and should be considered as a viable option.…”
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