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- Title
Effect of Ureteral Complete Duplication on Ureteral Complications in Cadaveric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
- Authors
Asadpour, A. A.; Aslzare, M.; Tavakoli, M.; Shakibi, H.; Hosami, M.; Shadmehri, M. Amiri
- Abstract
Background: Ureteral complications are well known in kidney transplantation. Significant number of cadaver donors have ureteral duplication. Objective: We evaluated effects of this variation on recipients' kidney function and ureteral complications. Methods: We evaluated recipients during 3 years in two transplantation centers. The study included 18 recipients with duplicated ureters of their transplanted kidney. Serum creatinine and ureteral leakage or stricture were evaluated for all recipients. The surgical technique was anastomosis of two ureters to each other with single sheath and to recipients bladder by using two double J stents (mean follow-up of 10 months). Results: The mean serum creatinine was nearly the same as other recipients (with single ureter), lymphocele or ureteral leakage was seen in 8 (44%) patients and only 2 (11%) recipients needed percutaneous aspiration. No ureteral stricture was identified during the follow-up. Conclusion: Our study showed that ureteral duplication has no significant effects on ureteral complication and renal function in kidney transplant recipients.
- Subjects
KIDNEY transplant complications; COMPLICATIONS from organ transplantation
- Publication
International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2016, Vol 7, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
2008-6490
- Publication type
Abstract