Kidney transplant survival in relation to immunological compatibility in Cuba

Abstract

Introduction: Kidney transplant is one of the methods of kidney function replacement, and immunological compatibility is the most important factor influencing survival. Objective: To define transplant survival and its relationship with the degree of compatibility. Material and Methods: Hospital-based retrospective study of survival time of the 827 transplanted patients in the nine centers of the country during the five-year period (2015 – 2019). The Kaplan Meier method was used to estimate the survival curves, using SPSS version 22.0. Results: The graft survival was 72,9 % and the patient survival was 89,0 % in the first year; the mean graft survival was 3,6 years, and the patient survival was 4,6 years. For patients with two and more compatibilities, graft survival was significantly higher in the first year (77,0 % versus 69,2 %), but it was lower for the rest. One year after, the survival rates related to the degree of compatibility are also different. Acute immune rejection, which is one of the main causes of graft loss, has a much higher incidence among the transplanted patients without compatibility than in the compatible ones (17,4 % versus 9,9 %). Infection was the predominant cause of death in these patients, which was incredibly significant in those who do not share compatibility as opposed to those who do share it (56,9 % versus 31,9 %). Conclusions: Immunological compatibility between donor and recipient results in differences between graft and patient survival rates, so the more compatibility between the donor and the recipient, the higher the survival rate.

Keywords

• supervivencia trasplante renal
• compatibilidad inmunológica en trasplante renal