Acute Urinary Retention After Kidney Transplant: Effect on Graft Function, Predictive Factors, and Treatment.

Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is common in older adults. Although BPH may be asymptomatic in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with low diuresis, the condition may become troublesome when diuresis resumes after transplantation. This study evaluated the effect that developing acute urinary retention (AUR) in first 4 months after kidney transplantation (KT) can have on graft function at 6 months.

Timing of Spheno-Occipital Synchondrosis Ossification in Children and Adolescents with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.

Background: Cleft lip and palate (CLP) can affect the development of the maxilla; which may create a midfacial deficiency as well as an interference of the facial growth pattern and dentofacial esthetics.

Objective: This study aimed to estimate the chronological age of complete fusion of the spheno-occipital synchondrosis (SOS) in cleft lip and palate patients and a control group; using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images.

Methods: In this retrospective study; 125 patients were enrolled (cleft lip and palate group ( = 91); control group ( = 34)).

Transplantectomy in the First 3 Months After Renal Transplantation: Experience of a Reference Center.

Introduction/objective: Transplantation is the treatment of choice in end-stage renal disease. However, there are complications that require transplantectomy. The objective of this study was to evaluate predictive factors for transplantectomy in the first 3 months after renal transplantation.

Surgical Complications in Kidney Transplantation: An Overview of a Portuguese Reference Center.

Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) is a surgery performed worldwide and has some complications. The objective of this study is to evaluate our surgical complications, comparing the outcomes with those KTs without surgical complications.

Patients And Methods: An observational cross-sectional study of all surgical complications among 3102 kidney transplants performed between June 1980 and April 2018.

Short-term pharyngeal airway space changes after mandibular advancement surgery in Class II patients-a two-dimensional retrospective study.

Introduction: Planning successful treatment for the correction of anatomic abnormalities of the upper airways, by surgical advancement of the mandible, depends on extensive knowledge of the pharyngeal airway space (PAS). However, there is limited scientific evidence about changes in PAS after mandibular advancement surgery.

Aim: To evaluate the immediate changes in superior posterior airway space (SPAS) in Class II patients, after mandibular advancement surgery.

Supportive Care Network: Evaluation of Its Impact on the Performance of a Urology Department.

Introduction: Hospitals are dealing with patients who may have clinical discharge but cannot return to their home due to non-medical issues.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of all the cases referred to the Integrated Care Network during the year 2016. Evaluation of waiting times, typology, reason for referral and clinical parameters.

Pediatric Renal Transplantation: Evaluation of Long-Term Outcomes and Comparison to Adult Population.

Background: In Europe, pediatric transplantation accounts for only about 4% of all kidney transplantations performed. The aim of our work is to evaluate the evolution of pediatric renal transplantation in our department over time, but also to compare this special population with the adult one.

Methods: We evaluated all pediatric renal transplantations performed in our department between January 1981 and December 2016.

Surgical Complications in Early Post-transplant Kidney Recipients.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of early surgical complications of kidney transplantation in our institution and its association with donor and recipient factors, as well as patient and transplant outcome.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of all kidney transplants performed during 2015 was made. We evaluated the incidence of surgical complications and the outcome of patients and grafts at a 3-month follow-up interval.

Prostate Cancer in Renal Transplant Recipients: Diagnosis and Treatment.

Background: We currently know that prostate cancer (Pca) risk is reduced in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. However, its impact and treatment are not widely studied.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of male patients submitted to kidney transplantation in our center from 1980 to 2016 evaluating incidence, treatment, and follow-up of Pca in our population.

Small kidneys for large recipients: does size matter in renal transplantation?

Background: Imbalance between transplanted renal mass and the metabolic demands of the recipient has been identified as a predictor of renal graft function. Multiple factors have been used to test this influence, but none of them is consensually accepted. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of the imbalance between transplanted renal mass and the metabolic needs of the recipient by analyzing the relationship between the ratio of the weight of the renal graft and the body weight of the recipient (Kw/Rw) on transplantation outcomes.

Kidney retransplantation: removal or persistence of the previous failed allograft?

A significant percentage of patients with failed renal graft are candidates for retransplantation. The outcomes of retransplantation are poorer than those of primary transplantation and sensitization is documented to be a major reason. The management of a failed allograft that is not immediately symptomatic is still very controversial.

Renal transplantation with donors older than 70 years: does age matter?

Purpose: The need for organs for renal transplantation has encouraged the use of grafts from increasingly older donors. Studies of transplantation results with donors older than 70 years are sparse. The main purpose of this study is to compare the results of transplantation with donors older and younger than 70 years old.

Ureteric stent in renal transplantation.

Introduction: Several techniques can be used to accomplish the ureteroneocystostomy in kidney transplantation. A ureteral catheter is a prophylactic measure to avoid urological complications (UC) of stenosis and/or fistula. In this study we evaluate the influence of using a ureteral stent upon the rate of UC in renal transplantation.

Donor cause of brain death in renal transplantation: a predictive factor for graft function?

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate the influence of donor cause of brain death on the results of kidney transplantation.

Methods: This retrospective study included 896 consecutive deceased-donor renal transplantations performed between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2009. We compared outcomes of grafts from donors after cerebrovascular accident (CVA; n = 371) versus head trauma (HT; n = 525).

Induction with basiliximab in renal transplantation.

Introduction: The use of monoclonal antibodies in renal transplantation for induction therapy has been associated with a marked reduction in acute rejection rates with an impact on graft and patient survivals.

Objective: We sought to evaluate the efficacy of renal transplant induction protocols using Basiliximab based on the rates of acute rejection episodes (ARE) and delayed graft function (DGF) of infectious complications in the first 6 months posttransplant, as well as patient and graft survivals.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated all renal transplants performed between 2000 and 2008 that were primary grafts from cadaveric heart-beating donors, into recipients with a panel reactive antibody titer <5% and who were treated with an immunosuppression scheme based on cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil/mycophenolic acid plus corticosteroids, with (group 1) or without basiliximab (group 2).

Kidney transplantation with corticosteroid-free maintenance immunosuppression: a single center analysis of graft and patient survivals.

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a corticosteroid-free maintenance immunosuppression on graft survival in kidney transplantation. We analyzed 79 patients who were transplanted between June 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. We excluded hyperimmunized patients, second transplantations, living donors, and black recipients.

Renal transplantation with expanded criteria donors: the experience of one Portuguese center.

Background: The shortage of kidneys available for transplantation has led to enlarged criteria donors (ECD): namely, donors older than 60 years or aged between 50 and 59 years with 2 of the following characteristics-hypertension, predonation serum creatinine level higher than 1.5 mg/dL or cerebrovascular disease as the cause of death. The aim of this study was to analyze renal transplants using ECD compared with standard criteria donors (SCD) concerning the incidences of delayed graft function (DGF), acute rejection episodes (ARE), and patient and graft survivals.

Cadaveric donor factor variations during a 12-year period: influence on kidney transplant outcomes.

Unlabelled: Our purpose was to evaluate changes in cadaveric donor factors between 1993 and 2004 and their impact on the short- and long-term outcomes of renal transplants in a single center.

Patients And Methods: Cadaveric renal transplants performed in our unit between 1993 and 2004 were divided in two groups of identical length: A (n = 455; 1993-1998) and B (n = 465; 1999-2004). Major differences related to donor, graft, and recipient factors were analyzed between groups and correlated with main outcome parameters.

Pediatric renal transplantation: comparative study with renal transplantation in the adult population.

Purpose: To retrospectively review our experience with pediatric renal transplantation and to compare the results with the adult population.

Patients And Methods: Between January 1981 and August 2003, 74 renal transplants were performed in patients < or =18 years at the time of the transplant--the pediatric group versus 1153 patients in the adult group. We analyzed various risk factors for actuarial kidney graft and patient survivals using the Kaplan-Meier method.

[Kidney transplantation in patients with type I and type II diabetes mellitus].

A total of 618 patients with end-stage renal disease received kidney transplants between 1980 and September 1996. Twenty eight of them were diabetics. Better results were achieved for type 1 diabetic patients than for type 2 (mortality: 5.

[Pancreatic transplantation].

The AA. report on their very limited experience with whole pancreatic transplantation. For the moment this is the only experience in Portugal, the detailed report of the 3 cases may be of some help to other Portuguese groups interested in starting this therapeutical approach for insulin-dependent end-stage renal failure patients.