Background. Whether routine ureteric stenting in low-urological-risk patients reduces the risk
of urological complications in kidney transplantation is not established. Methods. Eligible …

BACKGROUND: Active surveillance (AS) represents a treatment option for renal masses in
patients who are not surgical candidates either because of existing comorbidities or patient …

Background. Acute rejection remains a major problem in renal transplantation. Immunoprophylaxis
with basiliximab (Simulect) has achieved significant reductions in acute rejection …

This study used receiver operating characteristic analysis to investigate the properties of
area under the concentration‐time curve during the first 4 h after cyclosporin‐microemulsion …

… the early 1990s the non-stented ureteric complication rate of our adult kidney transplant
program remained relatively consistent, at ≈ 6%, and seemed resistant to further reductions (JG …

Mental health issues affect a third of prostate cancer (PCa) survivors. Here, we describe the
development and preliminary evaluation of a unique multifaceted intervention, the Prostate …

Three male physicians underwent transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies for elevated
prostate-specific antigen levels or irregular digital rectal exam findings. All three of these …

Renal allograft rejection episodes are frequent in children and often lead to allograft failure.
Frequent association of fever with rejection in our transplant program provoked a …

Purpose The improvements in renal transplantation over the last 10 years have been one of
the great success stories in medicine. We reviewed these successes with a focus on the …

This study correlated different oral cyclosporine doses with in vivo graft survival, blood and
tissue drug levels, and in vitro immune performances. Wistar-Furth (WFu, RT-1 u) hosts …