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CADAVERIC RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: LONG–TERM SURVIVAL
Author(s) -
Yadav Raj V. S.,
Marshall Ver C.,
Johnson Warren,
KincaidSmith Priscilla
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb47046.x
Subject(s) - oliguria , medicine , cadaveric spasm , transplantation , creatinine , renal function , rehabilitation , surgery , survival rate , kidney transplantation , urology , physical therapy
From 1965 to 1968, 55 renal transplants were performed In 49 patients. Twenty‐six patients have survived with functioning grafts for longer than three years. This represents a three‐year graft survival rate of 47% and a patient survival rate of 53%. Twenty patients have good renal function with serum creatinine levels lower than 1.8 mg/100 ml. Neither oliguria nor rejection episodes early after transplantation precluded the prospects of good long‐term renal function. In spite of a variety of complications, 85% of these surviving patients have achieved satisfactory physical, occupational, psychological and sexual rehabilitation.