Intermediate-term outcome of single kidney grafts from pediatric donors weighing 10-14 kg in adult recipients.

Background: Kidneys from pediatric donors weighing <10 kg are preferably transplanted en bloc, while kidneys from donors weighing >15 kg can be safely transplanted as single kidneys. However, single kidney transplantation from donors weighing 10-14 kg is controversial and has not been well investigated.

Methods: We analyzed the outcome of 15 recipients of single kidneys from donors weighing 10-14 kg (study group) with 40 recipients receiving an allograft from ideal deceased donors (control group).

The outcome of the primary vascular access and its translation into prevalent access use rates in chronic haemodialysis patients.

Background: The American Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative currently aims for a 66% arterio-venous fistula (AVF) rate, while in the UK, best practice tariffs target AVF and arterio-venous graft (AVG) rates of 85%. The present study aims to assess whether these goals can be achieved.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study on patients who initiated haemodialysis from 1995 to 2006.

[Postoperative care following vascular surgery - control of risk factors and guide-lines for physicians in charge of vascular patients].

Patients after major vascular surgery operations present with different problems. Therefore dedicated physicians and good communication between surgeon and physician are required. One of the main goals should be control of cardiovascular risk factors.

Ten years after arterial bypass surgery for claudication: venous bypass is the primary procedure for TASC C and D lesions.

Background: The appropriate role for surgery and endovascular therapy for severe intermittent claudication (IC) remains controversial. We present our results after infrainguinal autogenous bypass for severe IC more than 10 years ago giving a reasoned argument to perform vein bypass as the primary procedure for severe IC.

Methods: Our prospectively designed database includes more than 1,000 infrainguinal bypasses following an all-autogenous policy.

Endarterectomy of the aneurysm sac in open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair reduces perigraft seroma and improves graft incorporation.

Background: Fluid around the graft in the original aneurysm sac after open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is a poorly researched phenomenon. If large, such perigraft seroma can cause symptoms of compression, and cases of rupture have even been described. We assessed whether endarterectomy of the aneurysm sac reduces the incidence of perigraft fluid and improves graft incorporation.