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Moon phases and moon signs do not influence morbidity, mortality and long-term survival, after living donor kidney transplantation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, September 2017
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Title
Moon phases and moon signs do not influence morbidity, mortality and long-term survival, after living donor kidney transplantation
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, September 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1944-4
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A. Kleespies, M. Mikhailov, P. N. Khalil, S. Pratschke, A. Khandoga, M. Stangl, W. D. Illner, M. K. Angele, K. W. Jauch, M. Guba, J. Werner, M. Rentsch

Abstract

Approximately 11% of the German population are convinced that certain moon phases and moon signs may impact their health and the onset and clinical course of diseases. Before elective surgery, a considerable number of patients look to optimize the timing of the procedure based on the lunar cycle. Especially patients awaiting living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) commonly look for an adjustment of the date of transplantation according to the moon calendar. This study therefore investigated the perioperative and long-term outcome of LDKT dependent on moon phases and zodiac signs. Patient data were prospectively collected in a continuously updated kidney transplant database. Two hundred and seventy-eight consecutive patients who underwent LDKT between 1994 and December 2009 were selected for the study and retrospectively assigned to the four moon phases (new-moon, waxing-moon, full-moon, and waning-moon) and the corresponding zodiac sign (moon sign Libra), based on the date of transplantation. Preexisting comorbidities, perioperative mortality, surgical outcome, and long-term survival data were analyzed. Of all LDKT procedures, 11.9, 39.9, 11.5, and 36.5% were performed during the new, waxing, full, and waning moon, respectively, and 6.2% during the moon sign Libra, which is believed to interfere with renal surgery. Survival rates at 1, 5, and 10 years after transplantation were 98.9, 92, and 88.7% (patient survival) and 97.4, 91.6, and 80.6% (graft survival) without any differences between all groups of lunar phases and moon signs. Overall perioperative complications and early graft loss occurred in 21.2 and 1.4%, without statistical difference (p > 0.05) between groups. Moon phases and the moon sign Libra had no impact on early and long-term outcome measures following LDKT in our study. Thus, concerns of patients awaiting LDKT regarding the ideal time of surgery can be allayed, and surgery may be scheduled independently of the lunar phases.

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Unknown 35 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 11%
Student > Postgraduate 3 9%
Professor 2 6%
Other 2 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 6%
Other 6 17%
Unknown 16 46%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 26%
Psychology 3 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 6%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 15 43%
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#1,464,130
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#238
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