Renal transplantation: post-operative treatment and follow-up for donors and receivers
- Author:
Cuong Tat Do
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
kidney transplantation
- MeSH:
Kidney Transplantation;
Kidney;
surgery;
Tissue Donors
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1998;(1):29-34
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Method: This retrospective descriptive study covered the period from 6/1992 to 12/2001. 33 RTx from living donor and 85 Rtx from cadaver donor were included. Information regarding: renal function, common complications, kidneys’ size by Doppler, quality of life of the donor, over all patient and graft survival. Results: The study showed: - A mean patient and graft survival (respectively) as following: + For RTx from living donor, 91.6% and 91.6% (1 year), 84.9% and 80% (5 years); + For RTx from cadavers: 91.6% and 91.6% (1 year), 89.4% and 80% (5 years). - The most common complications were: Acute rejection, infections, hypertension and stroke. Mortality rate was 5.4% for the first year. - Kidney donation do not affect to donors’ health and their quality of life
