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Article History

Received: 25 March 2024

Accepted: 23 July 2024

First Online: 13 September 2024

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was waived by the local Ethics Committee of Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University in view of the retrospective nature of the study and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care. Freely-given, written informed consent to participate in the research studies conducted by Urology and Nephrology Center was obtained from the recipients and donors before transplantation who are also free to get back in this consent at any time after transplantation. We also declare that no kidneys were donated by prisoners and all the kidney transplant surgeries were conducted under the supervision of the national committee of organ transplantation and Mansoura University. As regard the vulnerable groups, female donors who donated their kidneys were relatives to the recipients and we exhausted ourselves to make sure that they are free from coercion and donated their kidneys by their free well giving them the chance to stop at any time before the surgery.

: Freely-given, written informed consent for data publication after being involved in the research studies conducted by Urology and Nephrology Center was obtained from the recipients and donors before transplantation who are also free to get back in this consent at any time after transplantation.

: The authors declare no competing interests.