title: [Clinical observation of 153 cases of live donor kidney transplantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the outcomes of live donor renal transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 153 patients who had undergone live donor kidney transplantation in our center from March 1999 to July 2008 were collected and retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Delayed graft function (DGF) occurred in 8 patients, among whom 5 cases of DGF were successfully reversed by conservative treatment, 2 recipients died of refractory rejection and cardiac infraction, and 1 graft was resected because of severe infection. Eight recipients died of infection, cardiovascular events, and cerebral events soon after transplantation. All the 153 patients were followed up, and the 6-month, 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival number (and rates) were 139 (96.7% and 98.7%), 114 (94.7% and 98.7%), 62 (90.1% and 96.7%), and 36 (83.5% and 94.7%), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Live donor kidney transplantation plays an important role in the management of end stage renal disease, with satisfactory outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Kidney Transplantation Center, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China. zxd581@263.net
authors.forename: Xiao-dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-bei
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult