Preemptive living donor kidney transplantation: Access, fate, and review of the status in Egypt

Table 5 Preemptive living donor kidney transplantation in publications from Egypt

Ref.	Publishing place	Settings	Type	Aim	Scope relative to PLDKT	Target age group	Outcomes relative to ELDKT/ CLDKT	Number of patients; PLDKT/Total (Percentage of PLDKT)
El-Agroudy et al[12]	Transplantation	Mansoura University	Retrospective comparative	Compare outcomes of CLDKT & PLDKT	Specific	Mixed	Comparable, except in death with functioning graft was due to CVD in PLDKT vs respiratory infections in CLDKT	82/1279 (6.4%)
Bakr and Ghoneim[14]	Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl	Mansoura University	Retrospective series	Present experience in KT	General	Mixed	Overall graft survival rates were 76% and 52% at five and 10-yr, respectively	82/1690 (4.9%)
El-Husseini et al[15]	Pediatr Nephrol	Mansoura University	Retrospective series	Evaluate outcomes of pediatric LDKT	General	Pediatrics	5-yr graft survival was 73.6%	51/216 (23%)
Mosaad et al[16]	Dial Transpl	Mansoura University	Retrospective series	Study LDKT survival in low-weight children	General	Pediatrics	PLDKT might provide better graft survival	9/63 (14.3%)
Saadi et al[13]	Egyptian J Int Med	Cairo University	Retrospective series	Identify KT Epidemiology in Cairo University hospitals	General	Mixed	Most of patients and donors were males, mostly as LDKT	14/282 (5%)
1Gadelkareem et al[9]	Afr J Urol	Assiut University	Prospective comparative	Compare short term outcomes of ELDKT & PLDKT	Specific	Adults	Comparable, except AR higher in ELDKT; Lymphocele incidence was higher in PLDKT	PLDKT 30/45; ELDKT 15/45
Gadelkareem et al[8]	Exp Tech Urol Nephrol	Assiut University	Opinion	Suppose that lead time should not be a bias effect in PKT	Specific	Mixed	Lead time is a mere character of PKT rather than a bias	NA
Fadel et al[17]	Pediatr Transpl	Cairo University	Retrospective series	Present experience in pediatric KT	General	Pediatrics	Timely referral and parent education were recommended	PLDKT 11/148 (7%); ELDKT 59/148 (40%)
Index study	World J Nephrol	Assiut University	Retrospective series	Present experience	Specific	Mixed	Urological causes are main contributor	PLDKT 3/59 (5.1%)

¹Early living donor kidney transplantation was defined as receiving kidney transplantation within 6 mo from starting regular dialysis.

AR: Acute rejection; CLDKT: Conventional living donor kidney transplantation; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; ELDKT: Early living donor kidney transplantation; KT: Kidney transplantation; LDKT: Living donor kidney transplantation; N/A: Not applicable; PKT: Preemptive kidney transplantation; PLDKT: Preemptive living donor kidney transplantation.