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- Title
Urological Complications in 1,223 Kidney Transplantations.
- Authors
Nie, Z. L.; Zhang, K. Q.; Li, Q. S.; Jin, F. S.; Zhu, F. Q.; Huo, W. Q.
- Abstract
Introduction: Urological complications after kidney transplantation may lead to graft loss. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed urological complications in 1,223 kidney transplantations that were performed at our institution. Materials and Methods: The occurrence of urological complications such as urine leakage, ureteral obstruction and vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) according to the different way of urinary tract reconstruction, ureteroneocystostomy (U-C) and ureteroureterostomy (U-U), was studied. Results: Urological complications were encountered in 92 (7.5%) cases, including urine leakage (n = 43, 3.5%), ureteral obstruction (n = 35, 2.9%) and VUR (n = 14, 1.1%). 75 cases (7.9%) were in the U-C group and 17 cases (6.2%) in the U-U group. 91 recipients were successfully treated, and 1 patient lost the graft due to kidney pelvis and ureteral necrosis. There was no recipient loss due to these complications. For recipients with urological complications, the 1- and 3-year survival rates were 90 and 88% for recipients and 87 and 82% for grafts, respectively. Conclusions: After U-U, the same number of overall incidences of urological complications is observed as after U-C; however, a decrease in the number of incidences of urine leakage is apparent. Therefore, U-U is a good first option with a greater success rate of resolving ureteral stenosis with endourology and no risk of VUR. Copyright © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
UROLOGY; KIDNEY transplantation; COMPLICATIONS from organ transplantation; KIDNEY pelvis; URETER surgery; ENDOUROLOGY
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2009, Vol 83, Issue 3, p337
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000241679