Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Multiple Allograft Renal Cell Carcinomas: A Case Report.

Background: Partial nephrectomy (PN) is strongly recommended as nephron-sparing surgery for T1 renal tumors. Although there have been some reports of robot-assisted PN (RAPN) for solitary allograft renal tumors, only a few cases of RAPN for multifocal allograft renal tumors have been reported. Herein, we report a case of a patient who underwent RAPN for multifocal allograft renal cell carcinoma (RCCs).

Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study at a Single Transplant Institute in Japan.

Objectives: Although the effectiveness of vaccines in protecting the host from infection has been proven, few surveys have been conducted on changes in antibody levels after vaccination of kidney transplant recipients in Japan.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed serological responses in kidney transplant recipients after BNT162B2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine with the use of a reagent capable of simultaneously specifying the antibody response to 5 proteins: a full-spike protein (extracellular domain), 3 individual domains of the spike protein (S1, S2, and receptor-binding domain), and nucleocapsid. The analysis involved 111 patients who had follow-up over 1 month after having received the second of 2 coronavirus vaccines after kidney transplant.