title: Management of patients after renal graft loss: an open question for nephrologists.
abstract: Patients undergoing renal graft failure and returning to dialysis are often regarded to like facing for the first time a substitutive treatment, without considering the technical complications, the economical impact, and the psychological implications. This review attempt, to give answers to various questions, concerning the management of vascular access, the immunosuppressive therapy, the transplantectomy, the emotional and neuropsychic aspects, and the quality of life of graft-failed patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coppolino
authors.forename: Manila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Criseo
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nostro
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Floccari
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aloisi
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Frisina
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buemi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009398:Nephrology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D017211:Treatment Failure