Effect of Panel-Reactive Antibody on Graft Survival in Living Kidney Donor Transplantation: Analysis of 10 Years in a Transplant Center in Veracruz, Mexico.

Background: Pretransplant anti-HLA antibodies are a risk factor for graft rejection and loss, and its percentage estimate is known as panel-reactive antibody (PRA). Our objective was to evaluate the influence of PRA on the survival of renal grafts from living donors over a period of 10 years.

Methods: Retrospective analysis was completed in all living donor transplants with PRA class I and class II from October 2008 to December 2018 with follow-up until June 2019.

Retroactive Application of a New Risk Index for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation to Renal Transplants in Veracruz, Mexico.

Background: The Living Kidney Donor Profile Index (LKDPI) was recently created. This model predicts recipient risk of graft loss after living donor transplant. Herein, we applied the LDKPI to our population to analyze its performance.

Annual Analysis (2018) of the Kidney Transplant Waiting List of a Social Security Hospital in Veracruz, Mexico.

Background: In Mexico during 2018, 15,072 patients were waiting for a deceased donor kidney transplant, and 969 deceased donor kidney transplants were performed. There is no annual data report of the waiting list activity in Mexico. Herein, we analyzed our kidney transplant waiting list activity in 2018.

Conversion from calcineurin inhibitor to sirolimus for renal function deterioration in kidney allograft recipients.

Background: Calcineurin inhibitors play an important role in chronic allograft dysfunction. Sirolimus is an interesting alternative in renal transplant patients because it is less nephrotoxic than calcineurin inhibitors.

Methods: A chart review of the clinical outcome of kidney transplant patients converted to sirolimus with progressive allograft dysfunction is reported herein.

A new open anterior tension-free onlay patch technique for inguinofemoral hernia repair.

Background: The high rate of misdiagnosed, coincident, or recurrent femoral hernias while or after mesh herniorrhaphy suggests its systematic search. We introduced a new open anterior tension-free mesh herniorrhaphy with a novel design.

Methods: A description of the operative technique and patients demographics is presented.