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Case Study Pages 60-69

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

Abstract: 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 impacted by lack of KAS priority and geographic factors based on the location of the listed Organ Procurement Organization (OPO).

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Clinical Trial Pages 54-59

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

Abstract: 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 with standard care after hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN).

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Research Article Pages 48-53

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

Abstract: 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 was to compare the rate of urologic complications with the use of two reimplantation techniques in Pediatric renal transplant.

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Editorial Pages 46-47

Some Considerations on the Long-Term Prospects of Plasma Markets

Authors: Jean Mercier Ythier

Abstract: 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 fractionation industries has thus jumped from 16.4 million litres in 1990 to 51.2 million litres in 2016.

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Research Article Pages 41-45

Health-Related Quality of Life in Lung Transplantation Patients from Israel as Compared with General Population Data: A Pilot Study

Authors: Nissan Graur and Mordechai Reuven Kramer

Abstract: 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 questionnaire in a group of 19 post-LT patients from Israel who had undergone lung transplantation more than one year prior to the study. The resulting data was compared with available norm data SF-36 questionnaire results reported in the general population.

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