Young for Young! Mandatory Age-Matched Exchange of Pediatric Kidneys
Thursday, 09 August 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A study from Pape, et al evaluated a
matched donor pool for pediatric patients by age. There are some
allocation systems in existence today that have a mandatory donation of
pediatric kidney allocation to children while others do not. Both
allocation systems have medical and organizational advantages and
disadvantages for both adults and children.
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Outcome of Living Kidney Transplant: Pediatric in Comparison to Adults
Wednesday, 08 August 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A study from Tehran, Iran compared pediatric and adult outcomes with living related kidney transplantation.
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Renal Cell Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Patients
Friday, 22 June 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Previous studies have demonstrated an increased incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in patients with end stage renal disease receiving dialysis and in patients that have undergone renal transplantation.
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AUA 2007 - Sunday Plenary Session: Panel Discussion on Challenges for Urologists in Living Kidney Donation
Sunday, 20 May 2007
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Infection-Related Hospitalization Rates in Pediatric versus Adult Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This study out of Minnesota compared the infection-related hospitalization (IH) incidence among US Medicare incident pediatric and adult dialysis and transplant patients.
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Unilateral Renal Agenesis and the Congenital Solitary Functioning Kidney: Developmental, Genetic and Clinical Perspectives
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
BJUI Mini Review - January 2007 We review the condition termed ‘unilateral renal agenesis’ (URA), i.e. individuals born with non-ectopic, solitary functioning kidneys (SFKs), with contralateral kidneys which fail to form.
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Long-Term Durability of Laparoscopic Decortication of Symptomatic
Wednesday, 20 December 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Aspiration and sclerosis remain the primary management for symptomatic simple renal cysts. However, as these investigators have shown, laparoscopic decortication is the management of choice for those cysts too large to be managed by aspiration or for those that are recurrent.
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Antibody Reduces Rejection in High-risk Kidney Transplants
Monday, 13 November 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Nearly 70 percent of kidney transplant patients get short-term drug therapy initially administered during surgery to help prevent rejection. In the first head-to-head comparison of the two drugs most commonly given to ward off acute kidney rejection, an international study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that one - anti-thymocyte globulin - is superior.
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Left Versus Right: Side Doesn’t Matter In Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy For Renal Transplantation
Friday, 03 November 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Traditionally, donor nephrectomy specimens have been harvested from the left side, due to a variety of technical considerations, not the least of which is the fact that the vessels to the kidney are considerably longer on the left and subsequent vascular anastomoses in the recipient are facilitated.
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Outcome of Kidneys in Patients Treated for Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) During Childhood
Friday, 06 October 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - The primary concern for patients with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the development of renal impairment and hypertension. The aim of this study was to evaluate adult patients treated for VUR during childhood in regards to renal function and blood pressure (BP).
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AUA 2006 - UCI Review - Renal Transplantation: Renal Vascular Surgery (I)
Thursday, 25 May 2006
By Leslie Deane, MD
Renal Transplantation: Renal Vascular Surgery (I) PODIUM Wednesday May 24, 2006 8:00 - 10:00 am
Moderators: Dr. Mark K. Plante and Dr. Geoffrey N. Sklar
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Renal Transplant Patients Often Deficient In Vitamin D
Monday, 13 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Renal transplant patients are at risk of deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D), a new study shows, because of lack of sun exposure.
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Hemofiltration Prevents Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
Wednesday, 08 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pre- and post-procedural hemofiltration appears to be the best means of preventing nephropathy caused by contrast medium administration in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to Italian researchers.
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Easing Kidney Donor Criteria Would Not Boost Available Organs Much
Monday, 27 February 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Accepting living donors with mild hypertension or proteinuria for kidney transplants would lead to only a modest increase in transplantation rates, researchers report. Raising awareness among potential donors would have more impact, they say.
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Arterial Stiffness Associated With Renal Function In Kidney Donors
Tuesday, 21 February 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In living kidney donors, pulse wave velocity and pulse pressure, indicators of arterial stiffness, are associated with renal factors, according to a report in the February issue of Hypertension.
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Renal Transplantation, Vascular Disease 
