Lymphocele after pediatric kidney transplantation: Incidence and risk factors

Autor: Piergiorgio Gamba, Giovanni Franco Zanon, Stefano Giuliani, R. Kiblawi, Paola Midrio, Giulia Ghirardo
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Pediatric Transplantation. 18:720-725
ISSN: 1397-3142
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12341
Popis: Lymphocele is a well-known postoperative complication after kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to analyze time trend incidence, risk factors, and outcome of post-transplant lymphocele in a large pediatric cohort. This is a retrospective single institution review of 241 pediatric kidney transplants performed from 2000 to 2013. Etiology of end-stage renal disease, recipient age and gender, transplant year, BMI percentile for age, type of dialysis, living/non-living related donor, acute rejection, and multiple transplantations were analyzed in association with lymphocele formation. Fourteen of 241 (5.81%) children developed a postoperative lymphocele. There has been a reduction in the incidence of lymphocele after 2006 (3.22% vs. 8.55%, p
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