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Heterotopic Renal Autotransplantation in a Porcine Model: A Step-by-Step Protocol
Published on: February 21, 2016
Kidney transplantation from COVID-19 deceased donor
DmitryV Perlin1, ArtemO Shmanev1, AnastasiaD Perlina1
1Volgograd Regional Center of Urology and Nephrology, Volzhsky, Russia.
Abstract:
We present first known case of kidney transplantation from deceased donor who was retrospectively diagnosed with COVID-19. The recipient hadn't febrile and no other symptoms of acute respiratory disease during all hospital stay. No serum anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM, IgG were detected before and during 6 weeks after surgery. Repeated nasopharyngeal swabs rRT-PCR were negative during all the period. The patient was discharged with normal serum creatinine and doing well with no clinical or laboratory signs of COVID-19 after 8 months. The presented clinical cases demonstrate the possibility of non-transmission of SARS-Cov-2 with renal graft.
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