Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease. Kidney transplantation is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ. Living-donor renal transplants are further characterised as genetically related (living-related) or non-related (living-unrelated) transplants, depending on whether a biological relationship exists between the donor and recipient. Exchanges and chains are a novel approach to expand the living donor pool. In February 2012, this novel approach to expand the living donor pool was featured on the front page of the New York Times in a story covering the largest chain in the world involving 60 participants organized by the National Kidney Registry. In 2014 the record for the largest chain was broken again by a swap involving 70 participants, covered by ABC News
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Basic information:
https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/kidneytransnewlease national kidney foundation kidney transplantation
http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/kidney-transplant/basics/definition/prc-20014007 mayo clinic kidney transplantation definition
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/kidney-transplant/pages/introduction.aspx nhs uk kidney transplant
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/urology/kidney_transplantation_procedure_92,p07708/ hopkins mdicine kidney transplant
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/kidney-transplant-20666 web md kidney transplant
http://www.healthline.com/health/kidney-transplant healthline kidney transplant
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments_and_procedures/kidney-transplant/hic-kidney-transplant-procedure cleveland clinic kidney transplant procedure
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/immunology-allergic-disorders/transplantation/kidney-transplantation merck manuals(professional version) kidney transplantation
http://www.beaumont.ie/kidneycentre-forpatients-aguide-overview beaumount overview of kidney transplantation
http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/hc/kidney-transplantation-3168951/ health central kidney transplantation
Advanced information:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003005.htm medline plus kidney transplantation
http://transplant.surgery.ucsf.edu/conditions--procedures/kidney-transplantation.aspx university of san franssco kidney transplantation
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/430128-overview medscape renal transplantation
https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/health-information/kidney-transplantation kidney research uk kidney transplantation
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/dialysis-or-kidney-transplantation-which-is-right-for-me-beyond-the-basics upto date patient information: dialysis or kidney transplantation — which is right for me? (beyond the basics)
http://uroweb.org/wp-content/uploads/27-renal-transplant_lrv2-may-13th-2014.pdf guidelines on renal transplantation by g. karam (chair) european association of urology 2014
https://web.stanford.edu/dept/hps/transplant/html/history.html kidney transplantation: past, present, and future
http://www.news-medical.net/health/life-after-a-kidney-transplant.aspx news medical.net life after a kidney transplant
http://patient.info/doctor/renal-replacement-therapy-and-transplantation patient renal replacement therapy and transplantation
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/nephrology/renal-transplantation/ cleveland clinic renal transplantation
http://radiopaedia.org/articles/renal-transplant-related-complications radiopedia renal transplant related complications
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/307897.php medical news today new secrets of kidney transplant rejection unlocked
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/quirino_lai/publication/221915718_donor_quality_scoring_systems_and_early_renal_function_measurements_in_kidney_transplantation/links/0fcfd5093da2722096000000.pdf donor quality scoring systems and early renal function measurements in kidney transplantation by quirino lai et al.
Research:
al-saqladi awm, akares sa. intrathoracic kidney in a child with literature review. saudi j kidney dis transpl [serial online] 2015 [cited 2016 jun 14];26:349-54. available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2015/26/2/349/152509
satish r, gokulnath. intractable urinary tract infection in a renal transplant recipient. saudi j kidney dis transpl [serial online] 2009 [cited 2016 jun 14];20:458-61. available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2009/20/3/458/50779
http://diagnosticpathology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-1596-7-25 histological spectrum of pulmonary manifestations in kidney transplant recipients on sirolimus inclusive immunosuppressive regimens by sean kirby et al, diagnostic pathology20127:25 doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-25
http://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2369-7-9 posttransplantation malignancy in a patient presenting with weight loss and changed bowel habits: a case report by roland schmitt bmc nephrologybmc series ¿ open, inclusive and trusted20067:9 doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-7-9
http://f1000research.com/articles/5-103/v1 ricci z, romagnoli s and ronco c. renal replacement therapy [version 1; referees: 4 approved].f1000research 2016, 5(f1000 faculty rev):103 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6935.1)
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijn/2013/949357/ international journal of nephrology
volume 2013 (2013), article id 949357, 7 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/949357 research article:natriuretic peptides in the management of solid organ transplantation associated acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis by sagar u. nigwekar et al.,
einollahi b, bahaeloo-horeh s, assari s, ghanei m. iranian kidney transplantation society seeks to answer its questions through a link between scientists and young researchers. saudi j kidney dis transpl [serial online] 2008 [cited 2016 jun 14];19:1015-9. available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2008/19/6/1015/43486
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jtrans/2012/193724/ journal of transplantation
volume 2012 (2012), article id 193724, 9 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/193724 review article:antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation: a review by chethan puttarajappa et al.,
shen e, uemura t, kadry z, sathishkumar s. successful living donor kidney transplantation in a patient with prothrombin gene mutation: case report and literature review. j anaesthesiol clin pharmacol [serial online] 2014 [cited 2016 jun 14];30:106-8. available from: http://www.joacp.org/text.asp?2014/30/1/106/125718
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s221438821500079x evaluation of kidney allograft status using novel ultrasonic technologies by cheng yang et al., asian journal of urologyvolume 2, issue 3, july 2015, pages 142–150 doi:10.1016/j.ajur.2015.06.008
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/1/2/100/htm role of elispot assays in risk assessment pre- and post-kidney transplantation by jennifer r. zitzner * and anat r. tambur cells 2012, 1(2), 100-110; doi:10.3390/cells1020100
khedmat h, amini m, ghamar-chehreh me. colorectal involvement by post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders: a review of 81 cases. saudi j kidney dis transpl [serial online] 2014 [cited 2016 jun 14];25:597-604. available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2014/25/3/597/132201
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1506027#t=article belatacept and long-term outcomes in kidney transplantation by flavio vincenti, m.d et al., n engl j med 2016; 374:333-343january 28, 2016doi: 10.1056/nejmoa1506027
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-6143.3.s4.11.x/pdf expanded criteria donors for kidney transplantation by robert a. metzger et al., american journal of transplantation 2003; 3 (suppl. 4): 114–125
Other articles:
http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/dss/mcanulty/felinekidneytransplant/ kidney transplantation as a treatment for chronic renal failure in cats
Other helpful resources(support groups):
http://www.kidneyregistry.org/?cookie=1 national cancer registry
Related videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8cc4xn9wk kidney transplant donor surgery: laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smpiauakfyg kidney transplant procedure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jct8x5owtd4 kidney transplant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cutpxugpami renal transplant operation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8bgtnauha kidney transpalantation animation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqr4v9mrnsa kidney transplantation
Presentations/quiz/newspaper articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/health/kidney-transplant-desensitization-immune-system.html?_r=0 new procedure allows kidney transplants from any donor by gina kolata
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3203628/world-surgeons-perform-sister-sister-kidney-transplant-vaginas.html world first as surgeons use a robot to perform a sister-to-sister kidney transplant through their vaginas