Organ Transplantation Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Organ Transplantation, including details on risks, prognosis, procedure, surgery.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 12 (December)

1. The use of a vascularised periosteal patch onlay graft in the management of nonunion of the proximal scaphoid.
   J Bone Joint Surg Br, 90(12): 1597-601. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. One stage uncemented revision of infected total hip replacement using cancellous allograft bone impregnated with antibiotics.
   J Bone Joint Surg Br, 90(12): 1580-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Morbidity of retropubic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients: multicenter study from Renal Transplantation Committee of French Urological Association.
   Urology, 72(6): 1366-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. An examination of posttraumatic, postsurgical orbital deformities: conclusions drawn for improvement of primary treatment.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 122(6): 1870-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. HLA-A amino acid polymorphism and delayed kidney allograft function.
   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(48): 18883-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Evaluation of an uncalibrated arterial pulse contour cardiac output monitoring system in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver surgery.
   Br J Anaesth, 102(1): 47-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Ecto-5' nucleotidase (CD73)-mediated adenosine generation and signaling in murine cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
   Circ Res, 103(12): 1410-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The role of multiple drug-eluting stents in the treatment of cardiac transplant vasculopathy.
   South Med J, 101(12): 1252-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Early morphological changes of an Amplatzer Septal Occluder explanted at heart transplant.
   Cardiovasc Pathol, 18(1): 57-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Ceramic bone graft substitute with equine bone protein extract is comparable to allograft in terms of implant fixation: a study in dogs.
    Acta Orthop, 79(6): 841-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Extracorporeal photopheresis after lung transplantation: a 10-year single-center experience.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1625-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Association of G-137C IL-18 promoter polymorphism with acute allograft rejection in renal transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1610-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Renal transplantation in identical twins in United States and United Kingdom.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1572-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Using recipient's middle hepatic vein for drainage of the right paramedian sector in right liver graft.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1565-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Early urologic complications after pediatric renal transplant: a single-center experience.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1560-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The use of surfactant in lung transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1554-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Analysis of kidney function and biopsy results in liver failure patients with renal dysfunction: a new look to combined liver kidney allocation in the post-MELD era.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1548-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Gout in renal allograft recipients according to the pretransplant hyperuricemic status.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1543-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Prolonged cold ischemic time is a risk factor for biliary strictures in duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1536-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Response to booster hepatitis B vaccines in liver-transplanted children primarily vaccinated in infancy.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1531-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Effect of heart transplantation on survival in ambulatory and decompensated heart failure.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1515-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Outcome of pancreas transplantation in recipients older than 50 years: a single-centre experience.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1511-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Pig pancreas anatomy: implications for pancreas procurement, preservation, and islet isolation.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1503-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Diagnostic value of regulatory T cells: a new facet of a much studied cell population.
    Transplantation, 86(11): 1485-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Bifunctional sculpturing of the bone graft for 3-dimensional augmentation of the atrophic posterior mandible.
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 67(1): 174-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Revision of the deficient proximal femur with a proximal femoral allograft.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 467(1): 206-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Effects of a new allograft processing procedure on graft healing in a canine model: a preliminary study.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 467(1): 273-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Increased serum phospholipase A2 activity after non-heart-beating donor liver transplantation and association with ischemia-reperfusion injury.
    J Surg Res, 151(1): 125-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Kidney transplantation before or after augmentation cystoplasty in children with high-pressure neurogenic bladder.
    BJU Int, 103(1): 86-8; discussion 88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Multicenter assessment of coronary allograft vasculopathy by intravascular ultrasound-derived analysis of plaque composition.
    Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med, 6(1): 61-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The efficacy of ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric and intercostal nerve co-blockade for postoperative pain relief in kidney recipients.
    Anesth Analg, 108(1): 330-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Baseline characteristics of participants in the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation (FAVORIT) Trial.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 53(1): 121-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Survival of primary and repeat lung transplantation in the United States.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 87(1): 261-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Clinical transplantation of initially rejected donor lungs after reconditioning ex vivo.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 87(1): 255-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Donor-recipient race mismatch and graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 87(1): 204-9; discussion 209-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. CardioWest (Jarvik) total artificial heart: a single-center experience with 42 patients.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 87(1): 124-9; discussion 130. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Sirolimus treatment for recurrent lymphangioleiomyomatosis after lung transplantation.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 87(1): e6-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Cardiac transplantation for cardiac sarcoidosis with initial diagnosis by examination of the left ventricular apical "core" excised for insertion of a left ventricular assist device for severe chronic heart failure.
    Am J Cardiol, 103(1): 110-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Noninvasive Tim-3 messenger RNA evaluation in renal transplant recipients with graft dysfunction.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1869-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. A virtual crossmatch protocol significantly increases access of highly sensitized patients to deceased donor kidney transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1864-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Association between donor MBL promoter haplotype and graft survival and the development of BOS after lung transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1857-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. C4d-positive interacinar capillaries correlates with donor-specific antibody-mediated rejection in pancreas allografts.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1849-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Late steroid withdrawal and cardiovascular events in kidney transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1844-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. The presence of Foxp3 expressing T cells within grafts of tolerant human liver transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1837-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Tolerance induction in a large-animal model using total lymphoid irradiation and intrathymic bone marrow.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1830-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Repetitive gastric aspiration leads to augmented indirect allorecognition after lung transplantation in miniature swine.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1824-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Ischemia- reperfusion injury and its influence on the epigenetic modification of the donor kidney genome.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1818-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Does interferon use prior to liver transplant influence hepatitis C outcomes following transplantation?
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1795-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Pancreas transplant alone as an independent risk factor for the development of renal failure: a retrospective study.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1789-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Safety and efficacy of statin therapy in patients switched from cyclosporine a to sirolimus after cardiac transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1771-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for pulmonary complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1767-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Bortezomib provides effective therapy for antibody- and cell-mediated acute rejection.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1754-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Hurdles, barriers, and successes of a national living donor kidney exchange program.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1749-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. The development of a successful multiregional kidney paired donation program.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1744-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. 20-year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial comparing antilymphocyte globulin induction to no induction in renal transplant patients.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1732-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Pediatric living donor kidney transplantation under alemtuzumab pretreatment and tacrolimus monotherapy: 4-year experience.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1725-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Circulating markers of endothelial dysfunction interact with proteinuria in predicting mortality in renal transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1713-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Definitions of warm ischemic time when using controlled donation after cardiac death lung donors.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1702-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Patient outcomes in two steroid-free regimens using tacrolimus monotherapy after daclizumab induction and tacrolimus with mycophenolate mofetil in liver transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1689-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Time-zero renal biopsy in living kidney transplantation: a valuable opportunity to correlate predonation clinical data with histological abnormalities.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1684-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Analysis of the wait list and deaths among candidates waiting for a kidney transplant.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1678-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Early experience of paired living kidney donation in the United kingdom.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1672-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. A novel immunosuppressive strategy combined with preemptive antiviral therapy improves the eighteen-month mortality in HCV recipients transplanted with aged livers.
    Transplantation, 86(12): 1666-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Predicting survival after liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the Milan criteria: a retrospective, exploratory analysis.
    Lancet Oncol, 10(1): 35-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Lamivudine monoprophylaxis and adefovir salvage for liver transplantation in chronic hepatitis B: a seven-year follow-up study.
    J Med Virol, 81(2): 224-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Evidence that graft-site candidiasis after kidney transplantation is acquired during organ recovery: a multicenter study in France.
    Clin Infect Dis, 48(2): 194-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Metachronous EBV-associated B-cell and T-cell posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders in a heart transplant recipient.
    Am J Surg Pathol, 33(1): 149-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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