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
Kidney Transplantation ; Kidney ; surgery ; Tissue Donors