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Determinants of Variable Total Platelet Count in Healthy Plateletpheresis Donor
The platelet count in a healthy individual varies between 150 and 450 × 10 9 /L. This study explores the factors affecting this variation in platelet...
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Aortitis after administration of pegfilgrastim to a healthy donor for peripheral blood stem cell collection
A 45-year-old man who was a sibling donor for allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (allo-PBSCT) was administered 7.2 mg of...
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Analysis of donor morbidity in 177 donor hepatectomies for living donor liver transplant: Experience from a high-volume centre in western India
BackgroundLiving donor liver transplant (LDLT) is based on the principle of double equipoise. Organ shortage in Asian countries has led to...
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Trends, Outcomes, and Evaluation of the Older Living Kidney Donor
Purpose of ReviewWe aim to review trends, donor and recipient outcomes, and considerations in the evaluation of older living kidney donors (LD).
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Donor genetic burden for cerebrovascular risk and kidney transplant outcome
Background and hypothesisKidney grafts from donors who died of stroke and related traits have worse outcomes relative to grafts from both living...
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Safety and safety protocols for living donor nephrectomy in Italy
Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKTx) is recommended by all scientific societies. Living donor nephrectomy (LDN) is probably one of the safest...
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Living Non-relative Donor Versus Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation: a Comparison of Mental Health for Iranian Recipients
Mental health is a key factor in the evaluation of kidney transplant recipients. It is important to focus on the mental health of kidney transplant...
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Impact of perioperative airway pathogens on living-donor lobar lung transplantation outcomes
PurposeTo elucidate the clinical impact of pathogenic organism (PO) positivity early after transplantation, we evaluated the impact of perioperative...
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Novel Strategies for Optimization of the Pre-transplant Donor Lung
Purpose of ReviewWhile the number of lung transplants continues to increase, there remains an imbalance between potential lung transplant candidates...
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Donor human milk versus infant formula for low-risk infants: a systematic review
BackgroundThere is an increasing acceptance and use of donor human milk (DHM) in healthy infants. This review investigates the benefits and risks of...
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Indications and results of right-lobe living donor liver transplantation
The shortage of deceased liver donor organs over the years has always posed the need to expand the donor pool. A viable alternative to deceased...
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The aim of donor safety: surgical approaches and current results
Living liver donation (LLD) has been suggested as a potential solution to reduce the waitlist mortality for liver transplantation (LT) recipients by...
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A case of acute lung injury in a peripheral blood stem cell donor mobilized with pegylated recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Pegylated recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (PEG-rhG-CSF) has been introduced for the mobilization of peripheral blood stem...
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The altruistic elderly, a valuable but unrecognised kidney donor group. A case report of an 85-year-old unspecified kidney donor
BackgroundKidney transplantation is the definitive treatment for end stage renal disease (ESRD), offering improved quality of life and survival...
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Effect of non-vascularized fibular harvest on the donor limb: radiological evaluation at a mean follow-up of twelve point eight years
PurposeThe study is aimed at evaluating the long-term (at a minimum follow-up of 10 years) impact of non-vascularized fibular harvest on the donor...
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Occult bacteremia in living donor liver transplantation: a prospective observational study of recipients and donors
PurposeTo investigate the incidence and clinical impact of occult bacteremia in liver transplantation (LT).
MethodsThis prospective observational...
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Retroperitoneal hernia following laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy: a case report and review of literature
BackgroundThe laparoscopic approach is the standard of care for living-donor nephrectomy. A rare postoperative complication is small bowel...
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Long-term ocular surface stability in conjunctivolimbal autograft and ocular surface safety in the donor eyes
PurposeThe current study is aimed to present the long-term results of the patients who underwent conjunctivolimbal autograft (CLAU) as the primary...
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A novel flow-cytometric based method to assess post-HSCT donor chimerism exploiting RNA hybridization
Analysis of donor-recipient chimerism after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is of pivotal importance for patient’s clinical...
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Trends in kidney transplantation and living donor nephrectomy in Germany: a total population analysis from 2006 to 2021
PurposeTo analyze recent trends of surgical access routes, length of hospital stay (LOS), and mortality in kidney transplantation (KT) and living...