Impact Of Dialysis Modality On Posttransplantation Results In Kidney Transplantation

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology
Also Included In: Transplants / Organ Donations;  Clinical Trials / Drug Trials
Article Date: 21 Nov 2007 - 0:00 PDT

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(UroToday.com) - We carried out a retrospective study of 78 patients (39 were on PD and 39 on HD) who had their first renal transplantation between January 1986 and December 2004.

The following patient parameters were noted: age, gender, cadaveric donors (D), mean period of dialysis, mean transplantation (TR) follow-up, mean duration of first hospital stay (FH), first infection, post-transplant diabetes mellitus, acute tubular necrosis (ATN), acute rejection and patient and graft actuarial survival.

Patients were split up into two groups depending on whether they had had PD or HD before transplantation. Patients who were grafted in the same period, in the same centre and who were matched for age and sex were split up into 2 groups depending on whether they had had PD or HD. Diabetics were excluded from this study.

Analytical methods - Comparisons between groups were made using Chi-square test for qualitative parameters and non-paired student's t-test for continuous variable. Statistical significance was accepted for p less than 0.05. Comparisons between actuarial curves of patient and technique survival were made using Logrank test. All analyses used StatView logiciel

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