Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9614
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dc.contributor.authorIvanovski, Ninoslaven_US
dc.contributor.authorMasin, Jelkaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRambabova Bushljetic, Irenaen_US
dc.contributor.authorPusevski, Vladoen_US
dc.contributor.authorDohcev, Sasoen_US
dc.contributor.authorIvanovski, Ognenen_US
dc.contributor.authorPopov, Zivkoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-03T12:09:23Z-
dc.date.available2020-12-03T12:09:23Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9614-
dc.description.abstractThe lack of cadaver organs for transplantation motivates some Balkan patients to go to developing countries to buy a kidney. We have followed 36 patients who received kidney transplants in Lahore and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The patients had not been cleared for transplantation with a standard pre-transplant work-up: 80% were hepatitis-C virus (HCV) or HBsAg positive. During follow-up, seven patients died. Sixteen patients experienced wound infections with post-operative hernias, and three patients developed peri-renal hematomas. Six abscesses and four lymphoceles occurred, and four urinary fistulas were surgically treated. Nephrectomy was performed in three patients because of renal artery thrombosis. Nine patients developed active hepatitis C, and four patients manifested cytomegalovirus disease. Three patients developed steroid diabetes, and three patients experienced acute myocardial infarction. Nine patients had one or more rejection episodes. Urinary tract infection with Pseudomonas or Escherichia occurred frequently. The one-yr patient and graft survival rates were 80% and 68%, respectively. Paid unregulated renal transplantation is not recommended for both ethical reasons and because of an association with excessive morbidity and mortality.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofClinical transplantationen_US
dc.titleThe outcome of commercial kidney transplant tourism in Pakistanen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01299.x-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1399-0012.2010.01299.x-
dc.identifier.volume25-
dc.identifier.issue1-
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crisitem.author.deptFaculty of Medicine-
crisitem.author.deptFaculty of Medicine-
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