Complications are typically incision-related and most occur after patients go home from the hospital, meaning close follow-up after discharge is needed.
First published account of successful pig-to-human transplant in a brain-dead recipient opens the door to clinical trials in animal-to-human kidney donation.
Although acute kidney injury donor kidney procurement is on the rise, many AKI kidneys are discarded, despite evidence of success; researchers urge changes to the kidney donor scoring system.
THINKER-NEXT trial aims to determine the risks and benefits of transplanting kidneys from hepatitis C-infected donors into hepatitis C-negative recipients.