Analysis of kidney transplantation results in patients with chronic renal disease

Abstract

Introduction. The number of patients with chronic kidney disease has been steadily increasing throughout the world, which makes this pathology a pressing problem. The purpose. The analysis of heterotopic kidney transplantation results. Material and methods. The authors analyzed the experience of the clinical work arrangement, the results of operations, assessed the complication rate and the quality of life in 133 patients after heterotopic cadaveric kidney transplantation performed in the Grodno regional clinical hospital in the period from 2013 to mid August of 2018. Results. In the early postoperative period, complications occurred in 22 (13.5 %) patients, the postoperative mortality was 1.8% (3 patients). In the late postoperative period, the kidney explantation was performed in 4 (2.45%) patients, 6 patients died (3.7%) as a result of progressing comorbidities and complications (average at 15.6±9.8 months after transplantation). A 5-year predicted patient survival after heterotopic kidney transplantation calculated by using the Kaplan-Meier' method was 94.5%. Conclusions. Kidney transplantation in the Grodno Region, the results of operations, graft survival, quality of life and patient survival are comparable to international standards. A careful selection, examination, and preparation of patients for transplantation have a great effect on treatment outcomes.

Keywords

• kidney transplantation
• renal failure
• postoperative complications
• treatment outcomes