Special Issue

Kidney Transplantation - Clinical and Surgical Challenges

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2023 (Closed)

Guest Editors

Dr. Asuri Krishna, Additional Professor Surgery

All india institute of medical sciences, Delhi, India

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Research Interests: Laparoscopy; Renal transplant; Hepato pancreatico biliary diseases; Trauma surgery; Colorectal

Dr. Abbas Ghazanfar, Consultant Transplant Surgeon

Renal Transplant Unit, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW17 0QT, UK

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Research Interests: Live donor renal transplantation; Renal Transplant in complex recipients i.e. high BMI, multiple transplants and complex anatomy; Dual Kidney transplant; Vascular access in patients with chronic kidney disease

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (transplantation@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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Publication

Open Access Review BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy in Adult Patients Post Kidney Transplantation: What Progress in 30 Years of History? by Yassamine Bentata Received: 24 January 2024;  Published: 25 July 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2403221 Abstract Completely unknown before the 90s and exceptional up to the 2000s, BK virus nephropathy (BKvN), usually known as polyomavirus-associated nephropathy, has emerged as a significant and severe viral complication in kidney transplantation (KT). More than twenty years after Gardner's discovery of BKv in 1971, Purighalla described, in 1995, the [...]

Open Access Research Article Peri-transplant Treatment with Ceftaroline in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Risk of Donor-derived MRSA Infections: A Case Series by Biagio Pinchera  , Rosa Carrano  , Emilia Trucillo  , Alessia D'Agostino  , Alessia Sardanelli  , Simona Mercinelli  , Fabrizio Salemi  , Amerigo Piccione  , Elisa Schettino  , Paolo Romano  , Gianluca Rompianesi  , Roberto Ivan Troisi  and Ivan Gentile Received: 19 July 2023;  Published: 01 November 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2304200 Abstract The rising prevalence of MDR pathogens has a significant impact on the recipients' outcome, as this increases the risk of graft complications and makes the management of the peri-transplant phase more difficult. Among the different MDR germs, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represents one of the most frequentl [...]

Open Access Short Review Utility of MEST and MEST-C Scoring in IgA Nephropathy in Kidney Transplantation: A Mini Review by Aml Labib  , Jitesh Jeswani  and Durga AK Kanigicherla Received: 26 June 2023;  Published: 13 October 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2304199 Abstract IgAN is a major cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) leading to kidney transplantation in a significant proportion of patients. However, its recurrence in transplanted kidneys can lead to graft loss. The rate of graft loss attributable to IgAN after transplantation is variably reported in different retrospective cohorts. Previous reports [...]

Open Access Original Research A Urinary Proteomics Approach to Predict Treatment Response in Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Somaye-Sadat Heidari  , Nooshin Dalili  , Shiva Samavat  , Shiva Kalantari  , Leonard Foster  , Kyung-Mee Moon  and Mohsen Nafar Received: 12 July 2023;  Published: 25 September 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2303196 Abstract Acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a severe complication affecting kidney allografts' long-term survival. Timely detection and appropriate treatment of AMR are crucial for improving graft outcomes. This study aimed to discover non-invasive urinary biomarkers that can predict the response to therapy in patients with AMR. Materials and [...]

Open Access Original Research Identification of Potential Predictive and Diagnostic Urinary Biomarkers for Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Proteomics Study by Mohsen Nafar  , Shiva Samavat  , Nooshin Dalili  , Shiva Kalantari  , Leonard Foster  , Kyung-Mee Moon  and Somaye-Sadat Heidari Received: 25 May 2023;  Published: 07 July 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2303191 Abstract Acute rejection (AR) is one of the main predictors of long-term survival of allograft. The development of noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers of AR is an unmet need for the timely detection. This study aimed to identify novel detective biomarkers of AR by analyzing the urine proteome profile of transplant patients. Forty-two transplant patients [...]

Open Access Case Report Successful Kidney Transplantation of Two Patients with Donors Positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection by Rouvick M Gama  , Mysore Phanish  , Abbas Ghazanfar  and Debasish Banerjee Received: 09 January 2023;  Published: 23 May 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2302185 Abstract Despite preventative measures, including vaccination, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection may result in severe illness, particularly in immunosuppressed transplant recipients. This has had a negative impact on organ donation and transplantation rates. However, the risk of transmission from SARS-CoV-2 positive [...]

Open Access Original Research Normal Saline vs Plasma-Lyte A Use Intra- and Post-Operatively in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients by Kristen R Szempruch  , Alec D Martschenko  , Harendra Arora  , Robert S Isaak  , Ravindra Prasad  , John L Schmitz  , Chuning Liu  , Fei Zou  and Pablo Serrano Rodriguez Received: 13 February 2023;  Published: 18 April 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2302181 Abstract Fluid management intra- and post-operatively for kidney transplant recipients (KTR) is essential to maintain adequate perfusion to the kidney. 0.9% normal saline (NS) is commonly used, but it can cause hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, which may result in hyperkalemia and lead to delayed graft function (DGF). Plasma-Lyte A (PA) is an alternat [...]