Evaluating Predictive Factors for Lymphocele Formation Following Kidney Transplantation.

Introduction: Lymphocele is a common complication post-kidney transplantation, influenced by various factors including surgical technique, graft vessel count, operator experience, body mass index, ischemia time, and immunotherapy regimens.

Project Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate lymphocele risk factors, particularly focusing on the role of end-stage kidney disease.

Design: A retrospective study was conducted on renal transplant recipients from a single center (March 2020 to December 2022).

Women's vitamin D levels and IVF results: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis, considering three categories of vitamin status (replete, insufficient and deficient).

To investigate the influence of vitamin D status on fertilisation (IVF) results, a meta-analysis of 15 cohort studies of 3711 women undergoing IVF was performed. Women were classified into three groups according their vitamin D levels (≥30 ng/mL considered replete/sufficient; 21-29 ng/mL insufficient and <20 ng/mL deficient). Three different meta-analyses were performed: (i) sufficient vs deficient; (ii) sufficient vs 'insufficient + deficient'; (iii) 'sufficient + insufficient' vs deficient.