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Tacrolimus is the most commonly used immunosuppressant after kidney transplantation. Here, we report a patient with multiple cerebral infarctions during tacrolimus treatment after kidney transplantation. A 54-year-old female was admitted...
In patients with detectable virus at the time of liver transplantation, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection always recurs on the graft, and 30% of patients have an aggressive clinical and...
BACKGROUND: To prevent bile duct related complications, exact division of donor bile duct is essential, not only for the recipient, but also for the donor during living donor liver transplantation....
BACKGROUND: In this era of donor shortage, use of organs from living donors has increased significantly. Nonetheless, less than 1% of pancreas transplantations involve living donors, despite the immunological benefits,...
Kidney transplantation (KTP) lowers the mortality and morbidity of patients with end-stage renal disease. Post-transplantation infection and antibody mediated rejection (AMR) are the most common complications. Hepatitis B surface antigen...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver disease is the most common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in Western countries, whereas HCV LT is rare in Korea. We conducted a survey of...
BACKGROUND: The optimal immunosuppressive strategy for renal transplant recipients at high immunological risk requires clarification. We compared the 3 year outcomes of a sirolimus group (tacrolimus plus sirolimus) to those...