title: Updates in kidney transplantation--University of Mississippi Medical Center.
abstract: The kidney transplant program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has made substantial recent improvements with regard to volume of transplants performed, institutional commitment, and service to the citizens of Mississippi with End-Stage Renal Disease. Patients are being discharged earlier, with satisfactory kidney function; with a low risk for return to hemodialysis both short-term and long-term. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is currently being emphasized for people wishing to donate a kidney. Future directions include extra-renal abdominal organ transplantation, multiple-center collaborations, and an emphasis on basic science and clinical research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA. AHawxby@surgery.umsmed.edu
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hawxby
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi