Journal of Transplant Surgery Archives

Letter to the Editor | 10.36959/338/339 Volume 5 Issue 1

Multiple Arteries in the Renal Transplant

Authors: Gioacchino Li Cavoli, Saverio Matranga, Andrea Macaluso, Antonio Amato, Vitalba Azzolina and Angelo Tralongo

In renal vascular anatomy, compared to the regular presence of the main renal artery, one or more additional renal arteries unilaterally or bilaterally are the commonest arterial anatomical variation ... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/338/338 Volume 4 Issue 2

Outcome of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in Egyptian Cohort of Long-Term Liver Transplant Recipients: Single Center Experience

Authors: Anwar Ismail, Said Mohamed, Essam Mahmoud, Hosny Karim, Doaa Mansour, Zayed Nagla, Akram El-Adwy, ElAmir Mona, Mogawer Sherif, Elshazly Mostafa and Nabil Ahmed

We are documenting our preliminary experience from a single transplantation center, Manial specialized hospital. And the follow up records of patients who were diagnosed to have severe acute respirato... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/338/337 Volume 4 Issue 1

A Rare Case of Jejunal Perforation due to Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease 27 Years after Liver Transplant

Authors: Marcos Rosado, DO, Thomas Serena, DO, Zophia Martinez, DO, Erich Schwartz, MD, and Harris Mainster, DO

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a well-known post-transplant malignancy common in both solid organ and stem cell transplants. The incidence of PTLD in adult liver transplant reci... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/338/336 Volume 4 Issue 1

Salvage of Solitary Renal Autotransplant with Early Graft Thrombosis and Abdominal Mesh Closure

Authors: Morwan Bahi, MB ChB, Lucy Guazzo, BSci MB BS MS, Dilip Naik, MB ChB FRACS and Imad Aljanabi, MB ChB FRACS

Fibromuscular dysplasia is a common cause of non-atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis in the young patient population leading to resistant hypertension. This is typically diagnosed radiologically and... Read more

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Clinical Image | 10.36959/338/335 Volume 4 Issue 1

Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation

Authors: A Singhal, MD, C King, MD, H Mani, MD, and AW Brown, MD

Hemoptysis is a common complication in cystic fibrosis (CF), affecting approximately 8% of patients. Massive hemoptysis occurs in 4% of CF patients and accounts for 8.5% of deaths in patients without ... Read more

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Case Study | 10.36959/338/334 Volume 3 Issue 1

Candidates with an Initial Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) Score > 90% Were Less Likely to Receive Kidney Transplant Mainly due to Very Low Rate of Living Donor Kidney Transplant

Authors: Piyavadee Homkrailas, MD, Erik L Lum, MD, Nakul Datta, MD, and Suphamai Bunnapradist, MD, MS

The new kidney allocation system (KAS) and the Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score were introduced in the United States. The transplant rate among very high EPTS candidates (> 90%) may be ... Read more

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Clinical Trial | 10.36959/338/333 Volume 3 Issue 1

Enhanced Recovery Protocol After Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Authors: Victor P Alberts, Robert C Minnee, Frederike J Bemelman, Karlijn AMI van der Pant, Markus W Hollmann and Mirza M Idu

Laparoscopy has improved convalescence after kidney donation. In other surgical fields, enhanced recovery protocol (ERP) has further improved postoperative convalescence. Our aim was to compare ERP wi... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/338/332 Volume 3 Issue 1

Comparison of Ureterovesical Reimplantation Lich-Gregoir and De La Cruz-Jean Modified Techniques in Urologic Complications Post Pediatric Renal Transplantation

Authors: Pierre Jean Aurelus, Hermilo De La Cruz Yáñez, Amilcar Almonte Pineda, Rafael Roberto Zapata Carrión, Ramón Eduardo Salgado Sangri, Marco Antonio Soto Davila, Mario Enrique Rendón Macías and José Alfonso Yamamoto Nagano

Pediatric renal transplant has been more prone to complication related to technical issues at surgery. Indeed, urologic Complications are occurred in the first year of transplant. The aim of this work... Read more

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Editorial | 10.36959/338/331 Volume 3 Issue 1

Some Considerations on the Long-Term Prospects of Plasma Markets

Authors: Jean Mercier Ythier

The economics of blood products has gone through large transformations in recent decades, mainly fostered by the rapid growth in demand for immunoglobulins. The world demand for source plasma from fra... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/338/330 Volume 3 Issue 1

Authors: Nissan Graur and Mordechai Reuven Kramer

Lung transplantation (LT), one of the aims is improving patient’s quality of life and survival. Our aim was to assess the impact of LT on health-related quality of life (HRQL) according to the SF-36... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/338/329 Volume 2 Issue 1

Impact of Morbid Obesity on Left Ventricular Assist Device Support and Heart Transplantation

Authors: Sophia E Cohen, MD, Ryan M Johnson and Mohammed Quader, MD

Limited data suggests that morbid obesity (Body Mass Index- BMI > 35 kg/m2) increases complications after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation and after heart transplantation (HTx). We c... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/338/328 Volume 1 Issue 1

Long-Term Outcomes of Induction Therapies with Alemtuzumab, Basiliximab or Methylprednisolone in Kidney Transplant Patients with Delayed Graft Function

Authors: Allen Zhang, Beatrice Zhang, Yaozhong Liu, Mary Killackey, Anil Paramesh, Joseph Buell, Brent Alper, Fred Teran, Adrian Baudy and Rubin Zhang

We compare the 5-year outcomes of induction therapies with methylprednisolone (n = 58), basiliximab (n = 56) or alemtuzumab (n = 98) in patients with DGF. Maintenance was tacrolimus and mycophenolate ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/338/327 Volume 1 Issue 1

Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Treatment of Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome: A Case Report

Authors: Diego Quattrone, Thomas Schulz, Mathieu Gazon, Celine Guichon and Pr Frederic Aubrun

We here report the case of successful orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) following acute liver failure (ALF) related to sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS). This syndrome is one of the main cause... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/338/326 Volume 1 Issue 1

The Association between IMPDH II Gene 3757t > C and Ugt1a9 Gene T-275a Polymorphisms with Plasma Mycophenolic Acid among Renal Transplant Recipients

Authors: Ola Atef Sharaki, Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed rizk, Montasser Mohamed Zeid, Eman Saad Nassar and Iman Said Gharraf

ESRD is a major health problem imposing great burden on the society. Dialysis either haemodialysis or peritoneal and transplantation are the two alternating treatment modalities. Transplantation becam... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/338/325 Volume 1 Issue 1

Crossmatch Strategies in Renal Transplantation: A Practical Guide for the Practicing Clinician

Authors: Nalaka Gunawansa, Roshni Rathore, Ajay Sharma and Ahmed Halawa

Immunogenetic profiling of transplant recipients and pre-transplant tissue crossmatch between potential donor and recipient is mandatory in modern-day renal transplantation.... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/338/324 Volume 1 Issue 1

Who Owns Hematopoietic Stem Cells? Some Fundamental Legal Stakes for the Manufacture of Cultured Red Blood Cells

Authors: Jean Mercier Ythier

Significant R&D investment is currently being made in the design of cost-effective devices for the manufacture of red blood cells (RBCs) from hematopoietic stem cells. If successful, such techniques w... Read more

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