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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:48Surgical Preparation
- 02:05Donor Procedure – Kidney Preparation
- 04:27Donor Procedure – Kidney Harvest
- 05:25Recipient Procedure – Preparation
- 07:15Recipient Procedure – Transplant
- 11:48Post-operative Care
- 12:35Representative Results: Renal Structure
- 15:37Conclusion
Here, we present a protocol to study the immunology of rejection. The surgical model presented reports a short operating time and a concise technique. Depending on the donor-recipient strain combination, the transplanted kidney may develop acute cellular rejection or chronic allograft damage, defined by interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy.
