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Abstract
Background: ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation gives patients with chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis and without a blood group-compatible donor an alternative option for a kidney transplant.
Objectives: To describe our first experiences and outcomes with 3 patients using Glycosorb ABO immunoadsorption (IA) columns in performing ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplants. This is the first time this technique has been used in Africa.
Methods: As per the protocol, patients needed between 1 and 4 sessions of IA and received rituximab ~ one month before transplantation.
Results: All the patients achieved the target isohaemagglutinin antibody titre of 1:4 pretransplant. Only 1 patient with the highest initial screening titre (1:256) needed IA post-transplant. None of the patients experienced clinical rejection, and all had good graft kidney function at discharge and at the time of writing.
Conclusion: Glycosorb ABO IA is an effective technique in enabling ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplants to be performed successfully in a South African setting.
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The SAMJ is a monthly peer reviewed, internationally indexed, general medical journal. It carries The SAMJ is a monthly, peer-reviewed, internationally indexed, general medical journal publishing leading research impacting clinical care in Africa. The Journal is not limited to articles that have ‘general medical content’, but is intending to capture the spectrum of medical and health sciences, grouped by relevance to the country’s burden of disease. This will include research in the social sciences and economics that is relevant to the medical issues around our burden of disease
The journal carries research articles and letters, editorials, clinical practice and other medical articles and personal opinion, South African health-related news, obituaries, general correspondence, and classified advertisements (refer to the section policies for further information).