The urological complications of renal transplantation: a series of 1535 patients

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 90; no. 7; pp. 627 - 634
• Main Authors: Streeter, E.H., Little, D.M., Cranston, D.W., Morris, P.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2002; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; aeti‐ology; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Combined surgery. Multiple transplantations; complications; Databases, Factual; Female; Hematuria - etiology; Humans; Kidney Calculi - etiology; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; renal transplantation; Risk Factors; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tissue Donors; Ureteral Obstruction - etiology; Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction - etiology; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - etiology; Urologic Diseases - etiology; Human; Etiology; Surgery; Risk factor; Complication; Transplantation; Urinary tract disease; Urinary tract; Homotransplantation; Kidney; Incidence

Objective  To determine the incidence of urological complications of renal transplantation at one institution, and relate this to donor and recipient factors. Patients and methods  A consecutive series of 1535 renal transplants were audited, and a database of donor and recipient characteristics crea...