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The shrinking renal replacement therapy "break-even" pointE J Schweitzer
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
Transplantation 66:1702-8. 1998..This study examines the current cost of live donor (LD) transplantation at our institution, and compares it with that of dialysis...
Increased rates of donation with laparoscopic donor nephrectomyE J Schweitzer
Joseph and Corrine Schwartz Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Surg 232:392-400. 2000..To examine the impact of laparoscopic nephrectomy and recipient education on the proportion of kidney recipients who could identify a potential live donor, and on the live donor (LD) transplantation rate...
Simultaneous cadaver pancreas living-donor kidney transplantation: a new approach for the type 1 diabetic uremic patientA C Farney
Joseph and Corrine Schwartz Division of Transplantation and the Divisions of General Surgery and Urology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Ann Surg 232:696-703. 2000..To review the authors' experience with a new approach for type I diabetic uremic patients: simultaneous cadaver-donor pancreas and living-donor kidney transplant (SPLK)...
Superiority of portal venous drainage over systemic venous drainage in pancreas transplantation: a retrospective studyB Philosophe
Joseph and Corrine Schwartz Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Surg 234:689-96. 2001..To compare portal and systemic venous drainage of pancreas transplants and demonstrate an immunologic and survival superiority of portal venous drainage...
Outcome after splenic vein thrombosis in the pancreas allograftP C Kuo
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore 21201, USA
Transplantation 64:933-5. 1997....
A high panel-reactive antibody rescue protocol for cross-match-positive live donor kidney transplantsE J Schweitzer
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
Transplantation 70:1531-6. 2000..Past protocols to desensitize patients using plasmapheresis and cyclophosphamide have not been broadly applied because of the fear of complications, including high rates of immunologic failure...
Estimated benefits of transplantation of kidneys from donors at increased risk for HIV or hepatitis C infectionE J Schweitzer
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Transplant 7:1515-25. 2007..We recommend that kidneys from NAT-negative CDC-IRDs be considered for transplantation since the practice is estimated to be beneficial from both the societal and individual patient perspective...
The Maryland aggregate pathology index: a deceased donor kidney biopsy scoring system for predicting graft failureR B Munivenkatappa
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Am J Transplant 8:2316-24. 2008..001). We conclude MAPI may help transplant physicians estimate graft survival from the preimplantation biopsy findings, in clinical situations similar to this study population (cold ischemia over 24 h, GS < 25%)...
