2011
Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy
Kulkarni S, Emre S, Arvelakis A, Asch W, Bia M, Formica R, Israel G. Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy. Clinical Transplantation 2011, 25: 77-82. PMID: 20070320, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01193.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVenous anatomyVenous phaseMDCT angiographyRenal anatomyCircumaortic renal veinDonor renal transplantationEarly arterial bifurcationLate venous confluenceMultiple arterial anomaliesRight donor nephrectomyIntra-operative findingsMultiple venous anomaliesContrast-enhanced phasesArterial anomaliesRetroaortic veinRenal transplantationDonor nephrectomyMultiple arteriesVenous anomaliesRenal veinVenous confluenceKidney donorsTomography angiographyAnatomical variantsDonor anatomy
2010
Renal transplantation for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a case report and review of the literature
Cuffy MC, Singh M, Formica R, Simmons E, Abu Alfa AK, Carlson K, Girardi M, Cowper SE, Kulkarni S. Renal transplantation for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a case report and review of the literature. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2010, 26: 1099-1101. PMID: 21079195, DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq693.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsNephrogenic systemic fibrosisRenal transplantationSystemic fibrosisSymptoms of NSFEarly renal transplantationUnderwent renal transplantationRare fibrosing disorderStandard therapy existsRenal functionFibrosing disorderRenal diseaseCase reportTherapy existsPatient's lesionTherapeutic modalitiesTransplantationPatientsLesionsFibrosisPhotopheresisPlasmapheresisImatinibSymptomsCareful considerationDisease
1999
Corticosteroid withdrawal under tacrolimus primary and rescue therapy in renal transplantation: the Chicago experience
Woodle E, Buell J, Siegel C, Kulkarni S, Kopelan A, Grewal H. Corticosteroid withdrawal under tacrolimus primary and rescue therapy in renal transplantation: the Chicago experience. Transplantation Proceedings 1999, 31: 84-85. PMID: 10576053, DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00803-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorticosteroid withdrawalRenal transplantationRescue therapyChicago experienceTransplantationTherapyEARLY CORTICOSTEROID WITHDRAWAL WITH TACROLIMUS AND MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (MMF) IMMUNO-SUPPRESSION IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: EIGHTEEN-MONTH FOLLOW-UP
BUELL J, GREWAL H, KRISTO B, KOPELAN A, KULKARNI S, YOSHIDA A, KIM E, SIEGEL C, CRONIN D, BRUCE D, NEWELL K, MILLIS J, THISTLETHWAITE J, WOODLE E. EARLY CORTICOSTEROID WITHDRAWAL WITH TACROLIMUS AND MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (MMF) IMMUNO-SUPPRESSION IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: EIGHTEEN-MONTH FOLLOW-UP. Transplantation 1999, 67: s545. DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199905150-00037.Peer-Reviewed Original Research