Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is associated with a high risk of infection of the peritoneum,
subcutaneous tunnel and catheter exit site. Although quality standards demand an infection …

With improvements in short-term kidney graft survival, focus has shifted towards long-term
survival. There has also been a substantial improvement in long-term survival as measured …

Background The introduction of cyclosporine has resulted in improvement in the short-term
outcome of renal transplantation, but its effect on the long-term survival of kidney transplants …

An increasing number of cadaveric kidney transplants are now performed with organs from
donors who would have been deemed unsuitable in earlier times. Although good allograft …

ce: bold> Post-transplant renal function in the first year predicts long-term kidney transplant
survival. Background Improvements in long-term kidney graft survival have been recently …

Renal transplantation faces challenges: the organ shortage resulting in extended waiting
times and an aging population resulting in death with a functioning graft. The Eurotransplant …

Method. Despite the need to expand the donor pool, it is unclear what parameters should be
used. The value of donor renal pathology and calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) in …

Despite the common use of diagnostic pretransplant deceased donor kidney biopsy, there is
no consensus on the prognostic significance of the pathologic findings. In order to assist …

Background. The results of the transplantation of marginal donor kidneys remain
controversial. This study aimed to investigate the impact of donor risk factors as predictors of …

The predictive value of pre-implantation biopsies versus clinical scores has not been studied
extensively in marginal donors. Pre-implantation biopsies were performed in 313 kidneys …