1. Surgical Complications in Kidney Transplantation: An Overview of a Portuguese Reference Center.
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Carvalho, João André, Nunes, Pedro, Antunes, Hugo, Parada, Belmiro, Tavares da Silva, Edgar, Rodrigues, Luís, Roseiro, António, Bastos, Carlos, Macário, Fernando, and Figueiredo, Arnaldo
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SURGICAL complications , *KIDNEY transplantation , *KIDNEY transplant complications , *DISEASE complications , *HEALTH outcome assessment - Abstract
Kidney transplantation (KT) is a surgery performed worldwide and has some complications. The objective of this study is to evaluate our surgical complications, comparing the outcomes with those KTs without surgical complications. An observational cross-sectional study of all surgical complications among 3102 kidney transplants performed between June 1980 and April 2018. Of 3102 kidney transplantations, 490 (15.8%) had the following complications: surgical complications (n = 527); urinary (n = 184; 5.9%); vascular (n = 140; 4.5%); wound-related (n = 78; 2.5%); lymphocele (n = 56; 1.8%); and others (n = 69; 2.2%). The most common complications were ureteral obstruction (n = 85; 2.7%) and urinary fistula (n = 72; 2.3%). The immunosuppression regimen did not influence the surgical complications rate. Surgical complications mainly occurred in male (71.4% vs 66.7%) and heavier (67.6 ± 13.9 vs 65.9 ± 13.5 kg) recipients (P <.05). The hospitalization time was also different (26.3 ± 30.6 vs 15.0 ± 38.8 days, P <.05). Serum creatinine values were different until the second year. After that, the renal function was approximately the same. Nearly 26.1% of complicated kidney transplants had delayed graft function (vs 14.8%, P <.001). Only 23.9% of complicated kidney transplants needed transplant nephrectomy (vs 6.2%, P <.001). The survival of kidneys with surgical complications was lower (64.2 ± 4.5 vs 94.09 ± 2.6 months, P <.001). Kidney transplant surgical complications occur over time, especially urinary and vascular complications, remaining a problem that leads to prolonged hospitalization and decreased graft survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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