Bariatric Surgery as a Bridge to Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Obesity and Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease or End-Stage Renal Disease: A Systematic Review.
Weight loss surgery may help obese patients become eligible for kidney transplantation, expanding transplant access.
Morbid obesity is a common barrier to kidney transplantation (KTx) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Larger multicentre studies with standardised outcome reporting are needed.
What the study was
- Study design
- Literature review
- Population
- Cancer/disease patients
- Sample size
- 232
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- Obesity surgery
Why it surfaced
Matched topic(s): general surveillance. Study design: Literature review. Score 5/10.
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