Background The variations in outcome and frequent occurrence of kidney allograft failure
continue to pose important clinical and research challenges despite recent advances in …

Background Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for patients with end-stage renal
disease. Short-and long-term kidney graft survival is influenced by a number of donor and …

The decision to accept a deceased donor organ offer for transplant, or wait for something
potentially better in the future, can be challenging. Clinical decision support tools predicting …

Background. There is no standard definition for “HLA incompatible” transplants. For the first
time, we systematically assessed how HLA incompatibility was defined in contemporary …

The decision to accept an organ offer for transplant, or wait for something potentially better in
the future, can be challenging. Especially, clinical decision support tools predicting …

Background. HLA matching has been the cornerstone of deceased donor kidney allocation
policies worldwide but can lead to racial inequity. Although HLA matching has been shown …

Introduction: The purpose of the current meta-analysis was to determine the short-term and
long-term graft survival and patient survival from the deceased donors, and determine the …

With a rising demand for kidney transplantation, reliable pre-transplant assessment of organ
quality becomes top priority. In clinical practice, physicians are regularly in doubt whether …

Transplantation of kidneys from shorter donors into taller recipients may lead to suboptimal
allograft survival. The effect of discrepancy in donor and recipient heights (ΔHeight) on long …

The selection of the optimal living or deceased donor for the patient with ESKD remains a
critical decision point for kidney transplant programs. Kidney transplant candidates are …