Renal Transplants from Older Deceased Donors: Use of Preimplantation Biopsy and Differential Allocation to Dual or Single Kidney Transplant according to Histological Score Has No A... by Costanza Casati, Valeriana Giuseppina Colombo, Marialuisa Perrino, Ornella Marina Rossetti, Marialuisa Querques, Alessandro Giacomoni, Agnese Binaggia, Giacomo Colussi

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Aortic Stiffness, Left Ventricle Hypertrophy, and Homogeneity of Ventricle Repolarization in Adult Dialyzed Patients by Tomasz Zapolski, Andrzej Jaroszyński, Anna Drelich-Zbroja, Anna Wysocka, Jacek Furmaga, Andrzej Wysokiński, Andrzej Książek, Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Sławomir Rudzki

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Utilization of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Focal Liver Lesions by Fady Salama, Nimish Thakral, Christina Delacruz Leyson, Venkata Konjeti, Karim Benrajab, Gregory Hawk, Harrison Fouch, Roberto Gedaly, Aman Khurana

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A Report of Two Cases of Hazards Associated with High Flow Arteriovenous Fistula in ESRD Patients by Vipuj Shah, Rakesh Navuluri, Yolanda Becker, Mary Hammes

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Incretin-responsive human pancreatic adipose tissue organoids: A functional model for fatty pancreas research by E. Lorza-Gil, O.D. Strauss, E. Ziegler, K. Kansy, M.-T. Katschke, G. Rahimi, D. Neuscheler, L. Sandforth, A. Sandforth, G. Sancar, B. Kaufmann, D. Hartmann, S. Singer, A.L. Mihaljevic, R. Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg, J. Sbierski-Kind, T.D. Müller, A.L. Birkenfeld, F. Gerst

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A case of kidney graft injury during cesarean section in a pancreas and kidney transplantation recipient by Noriko Aida, Eiji Nishio, Takao Sekiya, Naohiro Aida, Taihei Ito, Takashi Kenmochi, Haruki Nishizawa

“…Fifteen days after the cesarean section, surgical removal of the hematoma was performed by the transplant surgery team. Following hematoma removal, the serum creatinine level decreased to <1.4 mg/dl. …”
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Endovascular Preparation With Innovative Custom-Made Stent-Graft Before Kidney Transplantation: The Solution for Patients With Hostile Iliac Calcification by Matthieu Arsicot, Matthieu Arsicot, Raffaele Pio Ammollo, Marine Bordet, Marine Bordet, Leila Dehina-Khenniche, Olivier Thaunat, Nellie Della Schiava, Nellie Della Schiava, Antoine Millon, Emilien Seizilles De Mazancourt, Lionel Badet, Xavier Matillon

“…EndoPreKiT device may be a significant breakthrough in transplant surgery, that could expand the horizon of eligibility to include even the most fragile patients with challenging arterial access.…”
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Author Correction: Ex vivo validation of magnetically actuated intravascular untethered robots in a clinical setting by Leendert-Jan W. Ligtenberg, Nicole C. A. Rabou, Constantinos Goulas, Wytze C. Duinmeijer, Frank R. Halfwerk, Jutta Arens, Roger Lomme, Veronika Magdanz, Anke Klingner, Emily A. M. Klein Rot, Colin H. E. Nijland, Dorothee Wasserberg, H. Remco Liefers, Pascal Jonkheijm, Arturo Susarrey-Arce, Michiel Warlé, Islam S. M. Khalil

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The Liver That Cured Christmas: Case Report of Orthotopic Liver Transplant in a Patient with Hemophilia B by Jesse E. Harris, Jonathan L. Balk, Constance M. Mobley, Kirk Heyne

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Autoimmune Hepatitis—Immunologically Triggered Liver Pathogenesis—Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies by Elisabeth Sucher, Robert Sucher, Tanja Gradistanac, Gerald Brandacher, Stefan Schneeberger, Thomas Berg

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Management of Recurrent Keratitis as a Complication of Androctonus crassicauda Black Scorpion Sting: A Case Report by Alqudah A, Bani Yassin AR, Yaseen S, El Taani L

“…Despite the improvement in his condition, the sting left a central corneal scar, necessitating corneal transplant surgery as a definitive treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this scenario has not been previously documented.Keywords: scorpion bite, keratitis, corneal transplantation, corneal ulceration, ocular, Androctonus crassicauda…”
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Short-Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation by Mackram F. Eleid, R. Todd Hurst, Hugo E. Vargas, Jorge Rakela, David C. Mulligan, Christopher P. Appleton

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The effects of lymphocele formation after living donor kidney transplantation on mid-term allograft function by Christian Kuhn, Bernd Jänigen, Laura Matuschik, Max J. Rieger, Daniel Sidler, Stefan Zschiedrich

“…Abstract Background Despite advances in kidney transplant surgery and immunosuppression, lymphoceles remain a frequent complication in the early postoperative period following kidney transplantation, often requiring reintervention. …”
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Outcomes of Living Kidney Donor Candidates and Living Kidney Recipient Candidates with JC Polyomavirus and BK Polyomavirus Viruria by Sara Querido, Carolina Ormonde, Teresa Adragão, Inês Costa, Maria Ana Pessanha, Perpétua Gomes, André Weigert

“…Twenty-six living kidney transplant surgeries were performed. LKR were followed in order to evaluate BKV and JCV viremia and urinary viral shedding after KT. …”
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Early onset pancreatic cancer: A review by Dong Luo, Yixiong Li, Xiao Yu, Liandong Ji, Xuejun Gong

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Inflammatory Monocytes Are Rapidly Recruited to the Post-Ischaemic Liver in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation and Cytokines Associated with Their Activation Correlate with... by Francis P. Robertson, Antonia O. Cuff, Victoria Male, Graham P. Wright, Laura J. Pallett, Barry J. Fuller, Brian R. Davidson

“…<i>Methods:</i> Data on clinical outcomes and complications were documented prospectively in 28 patients undergoing first elective liver transplant surgery. Peripheral blood samples were collected at baseline (pre-op), 2 h post graft reperfusion, immediately post-op, and 24 h post-op. …”
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Preoperative ANemiA among elderly undergoing Major Abdominal surgery (PANAMA) is associated with early postoperative morbidity and worse quality of life outcomes by Hairil Rizal Abdullah, Celestine Jia Ling Loh, Eunice Jie Yi Kok, Brenda Pei Yi Tan, Hanis Abdul Kadir, Phui-Sze Au-Yong

“…Patients were excluded if they were going for organ transplant surgery. A total of 469 patients were analyzed, of which 176 (38%) had anemia. …”
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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Mediate Clinically Unpromising but Favourable Immune Responses in Kidney Transplant Patients by Urvashi Kaundal, Raja Ramachandran, Amit Arora, Deepesh B. Kenwar, Ratti Ram Sharma, Ritambhra Nada, Mukut Minz, Vivekanand Jha, Aruna Rakha

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Ex vivo validation of magnetically actuated intravascular untethered robots in a clinical setting by Leendert-Jan W. Ligtenberg, Nicole C. A. Rabou, Constantinos Goulas, Wytze C. Duinmeijer, Frank R. Halfwerk, Jutta Arens, Roger Lomme, Veronika Magdanz, Anke Klingner, Emily A. M. Klein Rot, Colin H. E. Nijland, Dorothee Wasserberg, H. Remco Liefers, Pascal Jonkheijm, Arturo Susarrey-Arce, Michiel Warlé, Islam S. M. Khalil

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Desensitization With Imlifidase for HLA-Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Delphi International Expert Consensus by Lucrezia Furian, Uwe Heemann, Mats Bengtsson, Oriol Bestard, Isabelle Binet, Georg A. Böhmig, John Boletis, David Briggs, Frans H. J. Claas, Lionel Couzi, Emanuele Cozzi, Marta Crespo, Aiko P. J. De Vries, Fritz Diekmann, Magdalena Durlik, Denis Glotz, Ilkka Helantera, Annette Jackson, Stanley C. Jordan, Dirk Kuypers, Dirk Kuypers, Carmen Lefaucheur, Christophe Legendre, Tomas Lorant, Umberto Maggiore, Nizam Mamode, Smaragdi Marinaki, Annick Massart, Thomas Müller, Rainer Oberbauer, Lutz Renders, Dave Roelen, Jean-Luc Taupin, Ondřej Viklický, Angeliki Vittoraki, Annelies E. de Weerd, Maarten Naesens

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