[Experience of the Valdivia Hospital in renal transplant: an analysis of our first 100 cases].
From September 1980 until October 1995 we have performed 100 renal transplant on 95 patients. Up to May of 1996 the medium follow-up was of 69.7 months (in a range of: 15 to 196 months). Seventy-nine kidney implants were performed from related living donors and 21 from dead donors. The average age of recipients was 35.8 years (SD: +/- 12.5 years). Chronic renal insufficiency of recipients is reviewed as well as their accompanying pathology. We found that in a 20% of the cases the donor's kidney had multiple renal arteries. In most of the ureteral vesical implantations were performed with Salvatierra's technique. Preservation cold time for the cadaveric donor kidneys was over 24 hours. In only a 33% of the cases Cyclosporine was used as the immunosuppression therapy. The 9% of ureteral complications are outlined. TBC is an important cause of complications and death of patients. To date there are 76 functioning kidney allografts and 14 lost graft kidneys. Ten patients have died, 3 of them with functional graft kidney. Actuarial graft survival rate for 1, 5 and 10 years are 92.7%, 78.7% and 59.3% respectively.
Corti Ortíz
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Servicio y Cátedra de Urología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Hospital de Valdivia, Chile.
Fonerón Burgos
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Troncoso Schifferli
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents