A Case Report of Modified Pancreatic Transplantation With a Limited Splenic Arteriovenous Fistula to Elude Thrombosis.

In classic pancreatic transplantation, the splenic artery and vein are ligated at the tail of the pancreas graft. This leads to slowed blood flow in the splenic vein and may cause thrombosis and graft loss. In this study, a patient received a pancreas after kidney transplantation.

Noninvasive Assessment of Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Renal Transplant by Combining Point-Shear Wave Elastography and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the combination of point-shear wave elastography (p-SWE) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for assessing different stages of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) in patients with chronic renal allograft dysfunction (CAD). From September 2020 to August 2021, 47 patients who underwent renal biopsy and p-SWE examinations were consecutively enrolled in this study. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) were calculated to evaluate overall accuracy and to identify the optimal cutoff values for different IF/TA stages.

Factors Influencing Health-Related Quality of Life of Living-Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Population-Based Study.

Objectives: Our objective was to explore factors influencing health-related quality of life in living-donor kidney transplant recipients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 140 kidney transplant recipients, enrolled between December 2014 and April 2015, were administered questionnaires on medical outcomes, 36-item Short Form Health Survey, medical coping modes, cognitive appraisal of health scale, and adverse effects of medications. Path analysis was employed to verify the hypothesized model.

Pilot feasibility research of Chinese version of kidney transplant questionnaire in recipients of living donor kidney transplantation.

Objective: To explore the feasibility of the Chinese version of Kidney Transplant Questionnaire (KTQ) by evaluating the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese recipients of living donor kidney transplantation.

Methods: The English version of KTQ was translated into Chinese and underwent cultural adaptation to obtain the Chinese version of KTQ. HRQoL of 136 Chinese recipients of living donor kidney transplantation that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated to assess the validity and reliability of the questionnaire.

[Cryopreserved iliac vein for reconstruction of middle hepatic vein in living donor right liver transplantation].

Objective: To summarize the experience of living donor liver transplantation using cryopreserved iliac vein for middle hepatic vein reconstruction.

Methods: Between July 2006 and June 2009, right liver transplantation without middle hepatic vein was performed in 37 cases of 85 patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation; of 37 cases, 30 received middle hepatic vein reconstruction using cryopreserved iliac vein. There were 27 males and 3 females, aged from 10 to 57 years (median, 44 years).

[Liver transplantation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma].

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes of liver transplantation for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: The clinical data of 88 consecutive HCC patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation between 2002. 4 and 2004.

[Application of sleeve anastomosis in development of cervical heart transplantation in rats].

Objective: To simplify surgical technique and increase postoperative survival rate, sleeve anastomosis technique combined cuff technique was used in developing the model of cervical heart transplantation in rats.

Methods: In this model, the hearts from 25 male SD rats were transplanted into the neck of Wistar rats by anastomosing the donor innominate artery to the recipient right common carotid artery by use of sleeve technique, and the donor pulmonary artery to the recipient right external jugular vein by use of cuff technique. After operation, the rats were treated with cyclosporine A (1.