Aponeurotic-Cutaneous Tract Exeresis in Patients With Persistent Lymphorrhea After Kidney Transplantation: A Valid Approach in a Day Surgery Setting.

Background: Lymphatic disorders (LDs) are the most common minor complications after kidney transplantation (KT), with an incidence rate between 0.6% and 33.9%, which appears to be related to both surgical and medical factors.

Management of metabolic alterations in adult kidney transplant recipients: A joint position statement of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), the Italian Society for Organ Transplantation (SITO) and the Italian Diabetes Society (SID).

Chronic metabolic alterations such as post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM), dyslipidaemias and overweight/obesity significantly impact on kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. This joint position statement is based on the evidence on the management of metabolic alterations in KT recipients (KTRs) published after the release of the 2009 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of KTRs. Members of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), the Italian Society for Organ Transplantation (SITO) and the Italian Diabetes Society (SID) selected to represent professionals involved in the management of KTRs undertook a systematic review of the published evidence for the management of PTDM, dyslipidaemias and obesity in this setting.

Implementing a Ureteric Magnetic Stent in the Kidney Transplant Setting: Report of 100 Consecutive Cases.

Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the treatment of choice for end-stage kidney disease. The double-J-stent has been used to prevent urological complications (UCs), but it requires cystoscopy extraction. The novel magnetic black star (MBS) stent provided with a customized retrieval device (9 or 15 Fr) has been developed to spare cystoscopy.

Are there any relations among transplant centre volume, surgical technique and anatomy for donor graft selection? Ten-year multicentric Italian experience on mini-invasive living donor nephrectomy.

Background: Selection of the right or left living donor kidney for transplantation is influenced by many variables. In the present multi centric study including 21 Italian transplant centres, we evaluated whether centre volume or surgical technique may influence the selection process.

Methods: Intra- and perioperative donor data, donor kidney function, and recipient and graft survival were collected among 693 mini-invasive living donor nephrectomies performed from 2002 to 2014.