Surgical approach, cost, and complications of appendectomy in kidney transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have greater morbidity and length of stay (LOS) following certain surgical procedures than non-KTR. Given that appendectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures, we investigated differences in outcomes between 1336 KTR and 2 640 247 non-KTR postappendectomy at transplant and nontransplant centers in the United States from 2000 to 2011, using NIS data and adjusting for patient-level and hospital-level factors. Postoperative complications were identified using ICD-9 codes. Among KTR, there were no post-appendectomy in-hospital deaths, compared to a 0.2% in non-KTR (P = .5). Overall complications were similar among KTR and non-KTR (17.0% vs 11.6%; aOR:_0.77 1.12_1.61 ). LOS and costs were greater for KTR compared to non-KTR (LOS

SUBMITTER: DiBrito SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5992085 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature