title: Cadaveric renal transplantation: surgical results and expectations in the cyclosporine era.
abstract: During a 36-month period 100 patients received 104 cadaveric renal transplants with cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Of the patients 26 required 31 additional operations. Of the 19 secondary operations performed 1 month after transplantation 18 were emergency in nature, whereas beyond this period the majority of the procedures were elective. Both deaths in this series were related to the operation. Only 1 graft loss was directly attributed to a secondary operation. The patient undergoing cadaveric renal transplantation is at significant risk (25 per cent) of requiring at least 1 additional operation. However, despite this high probability of reoperation, graft loss and patient death after such procedures should be rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Koyle
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sender
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rajfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins