[Dual kidney transplant: the E. Herriot Hospital Lyon experience].

Introduction: In the current context of a high incidence end-stage kidney disease and a shortage of organs for kidney transplantation, the increasing use of transplants considered to be "borderline" represents a potential source of transplants. Over the last 10 years, some centers have developed a transplantation strategy, which consists of transplanting two borderline kidneys that cannot be proposed separately in a single recipient. The authors report their experience of dual kidney transplant.

Functional results of the first human double-hand transplantation.

Objective: Objective of this study was to analyze fifteen months after surgery the sensorimotor recovery of the first human double hand transplantation.

Summary Background Data: As for any organ transplantation the success of composite tissue allografts such as a double hand allograft depends on prevention of rejection and its functional recovery.

Methods: The recipient was a 33-year-old man with bilateral amputation.

[Split-liver transplantation in two adult recipients: evaluation of feasibility in 100 consecutive cadaver liver grafts].

Aim: To evaluate the feasibility of splitting a liver graft for transplantation in two adult patients.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively collected data on the harvesting of 100 consecutive liver grafts. Data were separated into 4 groups to establish feasibility criteria, according to the chronological steps of harvesting: 1) initial criteria about the donor (age, weight, biological tests), 2) criteria concerning the liver graft at the time of harvesting (macroscopic appearance, graft weight, hemodynamic state of donor), (3) anatomical criteria and (4) histological criteria.