Kidney Transplantation: Challenging the Future

Kidney transplantation is worldwide considered the best replacement therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, although impressive improvements in surgical techniques and in the management of immunosuppression, long-term results have not significantly changed over the last decades. The purpose of this book is not to be a comprehensive review on kidney transplantation, but it would overview the recent acquisitions in the field of kidney transplantation, by offering to clinicians the future directions and the possible fields of research to improve the long term outcome. The book is divided into 27 chapters. The first part of the book is devoted to the basic principles of immunity and organ transplantation and the clinical evaluation of potential recipient. Moreover, in this section are discussed the most recent strategies to increase the donor pool trying to offer a kidney transplantation to a growing number of patients. The second part of the book is devoted to the immunosuppression. In these two chapters, the authors present an overview on the immunosuppressive management of kidney transplant recipients, with particular emphasis on the minimization of immunosuppression. The third part of the book is devoted to the complications of immunosuppression and to the psychological aspects of transplantation. This section is particularly detailed, and offers a complete point of view on the consequences and benefits of kidney transplantation. Last section is devoted to the future. The clinical tolerance and xenotransplantation are not still the present, but the authors illustrate the fields of application of these fundamental aspects of organ transplantation. The authors and editors have tried to select an appropriate mix of citations, but it has not been possible to cite all the relevant articles. Apologies are due to those authors whose works we have failed to cite. Our goal was to provide the most recent acquisitions in a practical manner. We hope that we have succeeded. Special thanks to all the authors for their excellent and enthusiastic collaboration and special thanks to our patients to whom are dedicated all our efforts.

Editor(s):

Massimiliano Veroux
Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Co-Editor(s):

Pierfrancesco Veroux
Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Contributor(s):

Susan Ackerman
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
South Carolina
USA

Vincent T. Armenti
Department of Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
USA

Joshua Augustine
Department of Medicine
University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
USA

Ugo Boggi
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Pietro Castellino
Department of Medicine
University Hospital of Catania, University of Catania
Italy

Claudia Cimaglia
Department of Epidemiology
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”
Rome
Italy

Daniela Corona
Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery
Transplantation and Advanced Technologies
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Lisa A. Coscia
Department of Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
USA

Benedict Cosimi
Massachusetts General Hospital
Transplant Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston
USA

Chiara Croce
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Daniela Dalla Gasperina
Department of Clinical Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Insubria
Varese
Italy

Sabina De Geest
Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel
Switzerland and Center for Health Services and Nursing Research
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven
Belgium

Nelide De Lio
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Marco Del Chiaro
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Kris Denhaerynck
Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel
Basel
Switzerland

Fabienne Dobbels
Center for Health Services and Nursing Research
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven
Belgium

Dejan Dobi
Department of Pathology
University of Szeged
Szeged
Hungary

Adrian Egli
Transplantation Virology,Switzerland and Department of Medicine
Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel
Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel
Switzerland

Burcin Ekser
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit
Department of Surgery and Organ Transplantation
Padua
Italy

Miran Epstein
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
UK

Bengt Fellström
Department of Nephrology
University of Uppsala
Sweden

Enrico Girardi
Department of Epidemiology
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”
Rome
Italy

Giuseppe Giuffrida
Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery
Transplantation and Advanced Technologies
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Giuseppe Grandaliano
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation
University of Bari
Italy

Paolo Antonio Grossi
Department of Clinical Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
University of Insubria
Varese
Italy

Ilkka Helantera
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Meilahti
Transplant Unit Research Laboratory, Transplantation and Liver Surgery Clinic
Helsinki University Hospital
University of Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland

Kevin Herman
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
South Carolina
USA

Hans Hirsch
Department of Biomedicine, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Basel, Transplantation Virology, Institute for Medical Microbiology
Switzerland and Infectious diseases
Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel
Switzerland

Hallvard Holdaas
Department of Nephrology
University of Oslo
Norway

Donald Hricik
Department of Medicine
University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
USA

Giuseppe Ippolito
Department of Epidemiology
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”
Rome
Italy

Abid Irshrad
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
South Carolina
USA

Bela Ivanyi
Department of Pathology
University of Szeged
Szeged
Hungary

Alan Jardine
Department of Nephrology
University of Glasgow
UK

Tatsuo Kawai
Massachusetts General Hospital
Transplant Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston
USA

Eva Kemeny
Department of Pathology
University of Szeged
Szeged
Hungary

Andrea Laudani
University Hospital of Catania
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Italy

Petri Koskinen
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology ; Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki
Finland

Irmeli Lautenschlager
Department of Virology, Helsinki University Hospital
Transplant Unit Research Laboratory, Transplantation and Liver Surgery Clinic
Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki
Finland

Vincenzo Losappio
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation
University of Bari
Italy

Annamaria Maiorano
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation
University of Bari
Italy

Roberto Marcen
Department of Nephrology. Ramon y Cajal Hospital
University of Alcalá de Henares
Spain

Jessica Maugeri
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Carolyn H McGrory
Department of Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
USA

Emily McQuarrie
Department of Nephrology
University of Glasgow
UK

Gianluigi Morello
Vittorio Emanuele Hospital
Gela
Italy

Carlo Moretto
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Kar-Hui Ng
Department of Pediatrics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and University Children’s Medical Institute
National University Health System
Singapore

Laura Parrinello
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Neha Patel
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
USA

Vittorio Perrone
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Pierluca Piselli
Department of Epidemiology
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”
Rome
Italy

Vincenzo Puro
Department of Epidemiology
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”
Rome
Italy

Lidia Puzzo
Histopathology Unit, Department GF Ingrassia
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

David Rush
Transplant Manitoba Adult Kidney Program
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
MB
Canada

Diego Serraino
Unità di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica
IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Avian
Italy

Mirko Sidoti
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Guido Sireci
Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Metodologie Biomediche
University of Palermo
Italy

Massimiliano Sorbello
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Mehwish Shazly
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
South Carolina
USA

Stefano Signori
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Jurg Steiger
Department of Transplant Immunology and Nephrology
University Hospital Basel
Basel
Switzerland

Edit Szederkenyi
Renal Transplantation Unit, Clinics of Surgery
University of Szeged
Szeged
Hungary

Kazunari Tanabe
Department of Urology
Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Tokyo
Japan

Enrico Vasquez
Histopathology Unit, Department GF Ingrassia
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Massimiliano Veroux
Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery
Transplantation and Advanced Technologies
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Pierfrancesco Veroux
Vascular Surgery and Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery
Transplantation and Advanced Technologies
University Hospital of Catania
Italy

Fabio Vistoli
Operative Unit Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti nell'Uremico e nel Diabetico
University Hospital of Pisa
Italy

Nicole Weimert
Medical University of South Carolina
USA

Hui-Kim Yap
Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore and University Children’s Medical Institute
National University Health System
Singapore

Wee-Song Yeo
Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore and University Children’s Medical Institute
National University Health System
Singapore

Luca Zanoli
Department of Medicine
University Hospital of Catania, University of Catania
Italy

Annamaria Zoccolo
Department of Medicine
University Hospital of Catania, University of Catania
Italy

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