Results of 289 cadaver kidney transplantations at the Berlin-Friedrichshain centre
Mebel, M.; May, G.; Horpacsy, G.; Seeger, W.; Weide, B.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 103(19): 1233-1239
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 362766 Document Number: 129724
Developement and organization of kidney transplantation in the GDR was studied, with data of 289 patients who underwent transplantation at the Kidney Transplant Centre, Berlin-Friedrichshain being analyzed. The five years graft survival was 42% and the patients survival 62%. In case of combined treatment of transplantation and dialysis it was 70%. The main cause of transplant failure was rejection with a frequency of 12,1%. On the basis of an improved immunosuppression regime the mortality rate decreased from 37,6% to 12,3%. The introduction of a new method of ureteroneocystostomy resulted in a lower rate of urological complications. The importance of the preparation of the recipients, of the HLA-tissue typing as well as the influence of blood transfusion on the late prognosis of grafts will be discussed.