RESULTS OF 144 CADAVERIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS

[Results of 144 cadaveric kidney transplants].

One hundred and forty-four patients primarily receiving kidneys from cadaver donors between Jan., 1978 and Oct., 1989, were reviewed. The patients' ages ranged 14-53 with a mean +/- S.D. of 34.7 +/- 8.0 years old. There were 100 males and 44 females. Twenty kidneys were harvested from heart-beating donors and 124 from non-heart-beating donors. In harvest from non-heart-beating donors, we perfor...

Renal Transplants in Man from Cadaveric Donors

In 1963 five cases of cadaveric renal transplantation in man were reported from this hospital (Calne et al., 1963a). Four of these patients died within two months of operation, the fifth was surviving after eight months. Fifteen further cadaveric transplants have since been performed, and we here report the results of the 20 cases. Three transplants were valuable therapeutically, restoring the ...

Long-term results of cyclosporine-steroid therapy in 131 non-matched cadaveric renal transplants.

One-hundred-and-twenty-eight recipients of 131 consecutive, non-matched cadaver renal allografts were treated with cyclosporine and steroids. They have been followed for 4 to 6 yr. Cumulative patient survival at 1-yr was 92.2% and at 6yr it is 77.8%. Cumulative graft survival at 1-yr was 79.4% and at 6 yr it is 50.0%. After the high-risk 1st yr, the rate of graft loss was even and similar to th...

Infiltrating Kidney Transplants

Bacteraemia in patients receiving human cadaveric renal transplants.

During a two-year period (1966 to 1968) 70 patients were admitted to the Renal Transplantation Unit at St Mary's Hospital and 22 (31%) developed bacteraemia. Eighteen of the 25 episodes of bacteraemia occurred after transplantation and seven before. The typical clinical syndrome was uncommon and was only seen in 32% of cases. The presence of shock was not recognizable in the majority of patient...