Background As the need for a nationwide organ-transplant registry emerged, a prospective
registry, the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry (KOTRY), was initiated in 2014. Here …

Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) hemodialysis membranes with enhanced antifouling capability and
hemocompatibility were developed using poly (lactic acid)-block-poly (2-hydroxyethyl …

Rationale & Objective Compared with recipients of blood group ABO-compatible (ABOc)
living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs), recipients of ABO-incompatible (ABOi) LDKTs have …

Background Beneficial aspects of solid organ transplantation, which encompass survival
benefit, improved quality of life, and cost efficacy, have been clearly demonstrated. However …

The cancer risk among solid organ transplantation recipients in East-Asia has been
insufficiently studied. This study estimated de novo cancer incidence in kidney and liver …

This was a nationwide cohort study to investigate the impact of anti‐A/B and donor‐specific
anti‐HLA (HLA‐DSA) antibodies on the clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients …

The hemocompatibility of the dialysis membrane has been considered the key factor
influencing the dialysis performance for curing the kidney malfunction. In this work, the …

We used national statistics from 1983–2015 to evaluate trends in mortality caused by
infectious diseases in South Korea. Age-standardized mortality from infectious disease …

The waiting time for deceased donor kidney transplants (DDKT) is increasing. We evaluated
DDKT prognosis according to the pretransplant dialysis vintage. A total of 4117 first-time …

Background ABO incompatible kidney transplantation (ABOi-KT) is an important approach
for overcoming donor shortages. We evaluated the effect of ABOi-KT on living donor KT …