Background. Split liver transplantation (SLT) increases organ supply for hepatic transplantation. Long-term patient survival and complication rates seem to be equivalent between orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and ...

Solid organ transplantation is inherently associated to ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) since the operative procedure always impliesthe harvesting, preservation and implantation of the organ,whichresult in several hours ...

The therapeutic modality of transplantation of organs and tissues allows roll back many pathologies considered terminal. Over the years technological advances and the transplant has been deployed in several institutions ...

The induction of donor-specific transplant tolerance is one of the main goals of modern immunology. Establishment of a mixed chimerism state in the transplant recipient has proven to be a suitable strategy for the induction ...

Invasive fungal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in SOT and HSCT recipients. The main species involved are Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp, less frequently Cryptococcus spp., causal agents of ...