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In the past 40 years, few fields of medicine have undergone the rapid advances that have been seen with kidney transplantation. From the development of the surgical techniques necessary for transplantation at the beginning of the century to the dawn of modern transplantation with the introduction of immunosuppressants in the late 1950s, and to its current status as the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), renal transplantation has enjoyed remarkable progress. The era of modern renal transplantation began with the introduction of the immunosuppressive agent azathioprine, and renal transplantation was established as a viable option for the treatment of ESRD.
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (Humar) (WMV 128560 kb)
Benching the kidney for transplant (Humar) (WMV 67840 kb)
Adult kidney transplant (double artery) (Humar) (WMV 143897 kb)
Pediatric kidney transplant (Humar) (WMV 151608 kb)
Ureteroureterostomy reconstruction (Mark Sturdevant/David Lam) (MOV 1769455 kb)
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Gunabushanam, V., Matas, A., Humar, A. (2015). Kidney Transplantation. In: Humar, A., Sturdevant, M. (eds) Atlas of Organ Transplantation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4775-6_5
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