title: Ureteric complications of renal transplantation.
abstract: Of 507 consecutive recipients of renal allografts, 45 developed a urological complication. In 39 patients (7.7%) ureteric problems were implicated and these comprised 30 cases of obstruction and 9 cases of ureteric necrosis presenting as urinary leakage. In 7 patients ureteric obstruction resolved following a period of nephrostomy decompression; 10 patients were reconstructed surgically and this was successful in 8, with 2 patients requiring further surgical procedures. Ten patients were successfully treated by percutaneous stenting after dilatation of the stricture. Stenting failed in 4 patients and in 1 patient caused rupture of a calix. All 10 stents have now been removed and there is no recurrence of stricture (follow-up 32.0 +/- 8.6 months). Of the remaining 3 grafts, 2 were removed and the other graft had percutaneous removal of a ureteric calculus. The 1-year survival rate of allografts in the ureteric complication group was 84.6%; in the recipients without a urological complication it was 81%. It was concluded that an active approach to ureteric problems following renal transplantation results in the rescue of the majority of allografts.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kashi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lodge
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Irving
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015607:Stents; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery