Renal transplantation in Nepal: Beginning of a new era!

Abstract

One-year patient survival, graft survival and secondary outcomes of our kidney transplant recipients, with our limited facilities, were within acceptable limits.

Global Dialysis Perspective: Nepal

“…From a tertiary hospital-based study from Chitwan, Nepal, the prevalence of new ESKD is 11.36% (10). The estimated incidence of ESKD in Nepal is around 100 per million per year and may even be higher on the basis of the incidence rates reported in other developing nations, including India (11). There are some hospital-based data for ESKD, but there is no formal renal registry.…”

“…Overview of nephrology in Nepal(5,6,11,15,17,18,(20)(21)(22) scarce resources to those most in need. The following are some potential changes that could be implemented to improve kidney health in Nepal:1.…”

Quality of Life of Kidney Donors Residing in Kathmandu Valley

“…However, a recent population-based study (Jha 2009) assessed the age-adjusted incidence of ESKD at 232 cases per million population per year in south Asia. In Nepal, the probable incidence of ESKD is around 2,900/year based on the estimated ESKD incidence of about 100/million population per year in developing countries (Khakurel et al 2009;Shah et al 2013).…”