Number of Donor Renal Arteries and Early Outcomes after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anatomic abnormalities increase the risk of deceased donor kidney discard, but their effect on transplant outcomes is understudied. We sought to determine the effect of multiple donor renal arteries on early outcomes after deceased donor kidney transplantation.

Methods

For this retrospective cohort study, we identified 1443 kidneys from 832 deceased donors with ≥1 kidney transplanted at our center (2006-2016). We compared the odds of delayed graft function and 90-day graft failure using logistic regression. To reduce potential selection bias, we then repeated the analysis using a paired-kidney cohort, including kidney pairs from 162 donors with one single-artery kidney and one multiartery kidney.

Results

Of 1443 kidneys included, 319 (22%) had multiple arte

SUBMITTER: Husain SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785844 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature