Renal transplantation: better fat than thin.

Background: Obesity has been a relative contraindication for renal transplantation. This study evaluates the impact of pretransplant body mass index (BMI) on renal transplant outcomes in a single institution in the era of modern immunosuppression.

Materials And Methods: A 10-y retrospective analysis was undertaken of 454 consecutive patients who received a renal transplant at Westmead Hospital from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2010.

Excellent outcomes of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation in patients from rural and urban Australia: a national service experience.

Background: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplantation is performed to restore normoglycemia and renal function in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal failure. The National Pancreas Transplant Unit (NPTU) in Sydney provides a service to a population spread across 7.4 million km.

En bloc paediatric kidney transplant: is this the best use of a scarce resource?

Background: Kidney transplants using organs from paediatric cadaver donors are uncommon and technically difficult. It has become accepted practice to transplant both kidneys en bloc from donors of 5 years into a single recipient. We aim to compare outcomes of en bloc kidney (EBK) transplants versus single kidney (SK) transplants from cadaver donors of age 5 years and lesser.