Transplantation

Emphysematous pyelocystitis in a renal allograft secondary to sigmoid diverticular disease and colovesical fistula: a case report

H. Elenin, P. Brown and B. Shrestha

Pyelonephritis is a serious common complication of transplantation that can lead to either acute renal failure or graft loss. The occurrence of diverticulitis in a renal transplant recipient is a rare complication but may lead to major morbidity and mortality. The overall incidence of diverticular disease in patients over the age of 60 years is 30%. Intense...

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(Vol 11 p 20-24, Nephrology; Transplantation: 26 March 2011)

Cardiac transplantation: since the first case report

S. M. Benjamin and N. C. Barnes

Heart transplantation was and is still recognised as a medical milestone. Its ability to offer a second chance of life to people with end-stage cardiac disease is its major triumph. Dr Christiaan Barnard’s work was instrumental in realising the actual possibility of conducting a human transplant, and provided the framework for further advances in this field. He deserves...

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(Vol 4 p L1-L3, Landmark Case Report; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Transplantation: March 2004)

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Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK