A prospective controlled study of kidney donors: baseline and 6-month follow-up.

Background: Most previous studies of living kidney donors have been retrospective and have lacked suitable healthy controls. Needed are prospective controlled studies to better understand the effects of a mild reduction in kidney function from kidney donation in otherwise healthy individuals.

Study Design: Prospective, controlled, observational cohort study.

Recipient outcomes of dual and multiple renal arteries following 1000 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies at a single institution.

Purpose: We examined outcomes of kidney transplant recipients from allografts harvested via laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) with various arterial anatomies. We examined the risk of slow graft function, delayed graft function (DGF), and postoperative urological complications in recipients of multi-vessel allografts.

Methods: Donor and recipient records for 1000 consecutive LDN were reviewed (1996-2005).

Anemia after kidney transplantation; its prevalence, risk factors, and independent association with graft and patient survival: a time-varying analysis.

Introduction: Posttransplant anemia and its association with transplant outcomes have not been properly studied.

Methods: We examined 530 renal allograft recipients transplanted at our center and followed up for 31.0±14.

A study of renal outcomes in obese living kidney donors.

Background: Little is known about the long-term outcomes of obese living kidney donors (OLKDs). We undertook this study to describe renal outcomes of OLKDs several years after donation.

Methods: We invited 101 OLKDs for follow-up health evaluation.

Cigarette smoking, kidney function, and mortality after live donor kidney transplant.

Background: The role of smoking as a risk factor for adverse renal outcomes after kidney transplant has not been well studied. We therefore undertook this investigation to assess the association of smoking with transplant outcomes.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

A study of renal outcomes in African American living kidney donors.

Background: Little is known about the long-term outcomes of African American living kidney donors (AALKDs). We undertook this study to describe renal outcomes of AALKDs several years after donation.

Methods: We invited 107 AALKDs to come for follow-up health evaluation.

The independent association between serum uric acid and graft outcomes after kidney transplantation.

Background: Improving long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation depends on identifying novel risk factors that lead to poor outcomes. We sought to evaluate the predictive value of mean uric acid (UA) level during the first 6 months posttransplant for graft survival and function.

Methods: Two hundred twelve recipients of living donor kidneys transplanted during January 2000 to December 2001 were included.

Pancreas transplant alone as an independent risk factor for the development of renal failure: a retrospective study.

Background: Pancreas transplant alone (PTA) is a controversial procedure. Without clearly demonstrated patient survival, recipients report improved quality of life. Nephrotoxic immunosuppression (IS) may exacerbate diabetic renal injury post-PTA.

A single center comparison of long-term outcomes of renal allografts procured laparoscopically versus historic controls procured by the open approach.

We have previously reported that renal allografts procured by the laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (lapNx) demonstrate worse early renal outcomes but noninferior 1-year renal function as compared to those procured by the standard open nephrectomy (openNx). We undertook this study to examine whether the apparent early dysfunction will impair long-term renal allograft survival. We retrospectively updated the status of the first 132 consecutive adult left lapNx recipients at our center and the preceding 99 adult openNx recipients.

Transplant recipient renal function is donor renal mass- and recipient gender-dependent.

The effect of both donor renal mass and gender on renal function, in both gender recipients, was examined. Qualifying consecutive living-donor renal transplants (n = 730) were stratified into 4 donor-recipient groups: female-female (n = 177), male-female (n = 151), female-male (n = 240), male-male (n = 162). Groups were equivalent in age, race, body mass index (BMI), match, ischemia time, operative time, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).