Kidneys

Reports from Baskent University, Medical Department describe recent advances in kidneys

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 3rd, 2008

"Renal transplantation is the preferred treatment for most patients with end-stage renal disease. Postoperative vascular complications that significantly affect graft loss include stenosis and renal artery thrombosis," researchers in Ankara, Turkey report.

"Our transplant team has performed 1635 procedures since 1975. Since December 2003, we have performed a corner-saving technique for the renal artery anastomoses in 183 recipients. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the outcome data from these procedures in 43 women and 140 men of overall mean age of 31.6 years (range, 7-66 years). Graft tissue was obtained from deceased donors in 47 and from living donors in...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-03)

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