Recent Advances in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation

A special issue of Transplantology (ISSN 2673-3943).

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Department of General Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
Interests: abdominal organ transplantation; transplant immunology; use of machine perfusion in kidney transplantation
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Department of Urology, Division of Transplant Surgery, Miami Transplant Institute-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
Interests: kidney and pancreas transplantation; living donor kidney transplantation; transplant immunology; xeno-transplantation; new surgical techniques in kidney transplantation
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Department of Surgery, Division of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Dear Colleagues,

Kidney transplantation is universally considered the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease. In the last two decades, important advances in surgical care and immunosuppressive therapy have led to a significant reduction in peri-operative morbidity and mortality as well as cell-mediated rejection rates, with graft and patient survival of approximately 90% and 80% at 1 and 5 years, respectively.

Concurrently, considerable improvements in the therapeutic management of chronic kidney disease-associated conditions, such as anemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism together with optimized diabetes control and the enhanced physical conditioning of patients receiving dialysis, have led to promising results and noteworthy benefits in this class of patients.

Interesting and promising research areas such as wearable and bio-artificial kidneys, kidney organoid technologies, kidney-on-a-chip, xeno-transplantation, and immune-tolerance protocols for kidney transplants recipients will substantially advance the quality of life of patients on dialysis and improve long-term outcomes for those transplanted. 

Other approaches that have been successfully adopted for many years with demonstrated important benefits have recently undergone relevant improvements, i.e., optimizing perfusate through adding peculiar substances during hypothermic machine perfusion or applying regenerative therapies in normothermic machine perfusion.

The present Special Issue intends to explore the most recent progress regarding the areas of dialysis and kidney transplantation. Both clinical and technological evolutions will be considered with the option of including narrative reviews, meta-analysis, and case reports of particular interest or exceptional didactical value.

“Recent Advances in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation” will give specialists involved in the care of end-stage renal patients and renal transplant recipients the opportunity to share their experience or point of view on several relevant topics with the primary aim of improving global knowledge and patient outcomes.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Medicina.   

Dr. Paolo Vincenzi
Prof. Dr. Gaetano Ciancio
Prof. Dr. Marco Vivarelli
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Keywords

  • kidney transplantation
  • dialysis
  • robotic surgery
  • machine perfusion
  • kidney-on-a-chip
  • kidney organoid
  • bioartificial kidney
  • xeno-transplantation
  • immune tolerance

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Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Relationship with Adverse Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
by Luis Carlos Alvarez-Perdomo, John Ubeimar Cataño-Bedoya, Maribel Plaza-Tenorio, Ana María Botero-Mora, Isabel del Pilar Cardozo-Moreno, Luis Manuel Barrera-Lozano, Jaime Alberto Ramírez-Arbeláez and Carlos M. Ardila
Transplantology 2023, 4(3), 111-123; https://doi.org/10.3390/transplantology4030012 - 14 Jul 2023
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The purpose of the study was to characterize lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (LEPAD) in a series of kidney transplant patients and to assess the impact on adverse outcomes. A retrospective cohort study was conducted including kidney transplant recipient patients who underwent screening [...] Read more.
The purpose of the study was to characterize lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (LEPAD) in a series of kidney transplant patients and to assess the impact on adverse outcomes. A retrospective cohort study was conducted including kidney transplant recipient patients who underwent screening for LEPAD. The outcomes evaluated were classified as perioperative and post-transplant, including cardiovascular events, amputation, mortality, and loss of the graft. A total of 141 renal transplant patients screened for LEPAD were identified, with an average follow-up of 3 years. LEPAD occurred in 14.2% (20/141). No differences in cardiovascular risk factors were found between the groups, except for smoking (45% vs. 24%, p < 0.05). In the group with LEPAD, the most compromised anatomical segment was the infrapopliteus, with no iliac involvement found. The Cox proportional hazards model indicated that the variables age, gender, and weight were significant in patients with LEPAD. There were no differences between the groups in terms of graft loss and death. The infrapopliteal segment is the area of greatest stenosis in kidney transplant patients with LEPAD. Together with smoking, they can explain the presence of major amputations in kidney transplant patients; however, they had no impact on graft functionality or death. Full article
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