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Kidney Donation After Cardiocirculatory Death: The Role of Extracorporeal Membr...
Correia, Ana Rita; Manso, Margarida; Roncon-Albuquerque Jr., Roberto; Oliveira, Gerardo; Silva, Carlos; Cruz, Francisco; Antunes-Lopes, TiagoIntroduction: Chronic kidney disease is a prevalent disorder, with a significant number of late stage patients, which only options are renal replacement therapy and transplantation. Kidney transplantation is associated with higher quality of life and lower mortality. The increasing gap between the demand for kidneys and its availability for transplantation has prompted the research and development of an alterna...
Main Determinants of the Extent of Lymphadenectomy in Radical Cystectomy: A Stu...
Vale, Luís; Mendes, Filipa; Pacheco-Figueiredo, Luís; Antunes-Lopes, Tiago; Alturas-Silva, João; Martins-Silva, CarlosIntroduction: During radical cystectomy of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, pelvic lymphadenectomy is used not only for an accurate staging, but also to provide local and regional control of the disease. Although recent studies evaluating the anatomical extent of lymphadenectomy recommend an extended template, the relation between the extent of lymphadenectomy and the number of dissected nodes rema...