Effect of Pre-Transplant Recipient Underweight on the Postoperative Outcome and Graft Survival in Primary Kidney Transplantation.

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of recipient underweight on the short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing primary kidney transplantation (KT).

Patients And Methods: Three hundred thirty-three patients receiving primary KT in our department between 1993 and 2017 were included in the study. Patients were divided according to their body mass index (BMI) into underweight (BMI <18.

Tumor cell identification and classification in esophageal adenocarcinoma specimens by hyperspectral imaging.

Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Histopathological confirmation is a key step in tumor diagnosis. Therefore, simplification in decision-making by discrimination between malignant and non-malignant cells of histological specimens can be provided by combination of new imaging technology and artificial intelligence (AI).