Outcome of Kidney Transplantation From Living Donors With Multiple Renal Arteries Versus Single Renal Artery.

Introduction: Receiving a kidney transplant from donors with multiple renal arteries (MRAs) is suggested to be associated with higher risk of vascular and urologic complications and poor allograft outcomes compared to the donors with single renal artery (SRA). We evaluated survival rates in the recipients from donors with MRAs compared to those from donors with SRA.

Materials And Methods: In a retrospective study on 115 kidney allograft recipients, demographic characteristics and the outcomes of kidney transplantation were compared between the recipients from donors with MRAs compared to those from donors with SRA.

Comparison of transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a prospective randomized study.

Purpose: This article reports a prospective, randomized comparison of transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (TLA) versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (RLA) for adrenal lesions with medium-term follow-up.

Subjects And Methods: Between September 2008 and November 2011, 24 patients with surgical adrenal diseases were prospectively randomized to undergo TLA (Group 1, 11 patients) or RLA (Group 2, 13 patients). Study exclusion criteria were patients with a body mass index of >40 kg/m(2), significant prior abdominal surgery, and bilateral adrenalectomy.

Frequency of occurrence of vesico-ureteral reflux in kidney transplanted patients with the new technique of uretero-neo- cystostomy (Barry-Taguchi).

There are several ways of performing vesico-ureteral anastomosis in kidney trans-plantation (Tx); they are broadly classified into two categories: extra-vesical and intra-vesical. Extra-vesical methods are preferred in kidney transplantation. In this study, we attempt to integrate two extra-vesical techniques of Barry and Taguchi and to evaluate the frequency of occurrence of vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR) with this technique.