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A Surowiecka-Pastewka1, M Matejak-Górska2, M Frączek3
1Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplantation at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland; Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences Department of Surgical Research and Transplantology, Warsaw, Poland.
Background:
Kidney transplantation remains the best therapeutic option for chronic renal failure. The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of ureteral duplication in donor kidneys on transplantation outcome.
Methods:
In this study we performed a retrospective analysis of 75 patients who had undergone renal transplantation. The evaluated parameters included frequency of occurrence and risk of reoperation and graftectomy, mortality, as well as dependency of early and long-term graft function on pyelocaliceal system duplication.
Results:
Ureteral duplication was associated with more frequent double J stent catheter implantation (P < .05). There was no relationship detected between ureteral duplication, number of operations performed, and risk of graftectomy (P > .05). Early graft function with 2 ureters was similar to that of grafts with a single pyelocaliceal system. The long-term results were also comparable.
Conclusion:
Ureteral duplication should not be considered a contraindication for renal transplantation.
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