The Challenge of Graft Nephrectomy after Transplant Tourism.

The morbidity and mortality rates of transplant nephrectomy are closely related to the indications of nephrectomy. This study evaluates the indications, etiology, and complications of graft nephrectomies for commercial kidney transplantation (CKT). Data were analyzed retrospectively for graft nephrectomies for CKT from January 2009 to December 2017 at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

Pediatric Renal Transplantation in Oman: A Single-center Experience.

Objectives: This study sought to report 22 years experience in pediatric kidney transplantation in Oman.

Methods: Electronic charts of all Omani children below 13 years of age who received a kidney transplant from January 1994 to December 2015 were reviewed. Data collected included patient demographics, etiology of end-stage kidney disease, modality and duration of dialysis, donor type, complication of kidney transplantation (including surgical complications, infections, graft rejection) graft and patient survival, and duration of follow-up.