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Table 5 Post Kidney Transplant Complications

From: Effects of pretransplant peritoneal vs hemodialysis modality on outcome of first kidney transplantation from donors after cardiac death

Complications

PKT group

(n = 5)

HD group

(n = 104)

PD group

(n = 98)

P-value

Delayed recovery of graft function, n (%)

0(0)

19(18.3)

16(16.3)

0.715

Acute rejection, n (%)

0(0)

7(6.7)

6(6.1)

0.860

Surgical complications, n (%)

 Urinaryfistula

0(0)

1(1.0)

1(1.0)

1.000

 Hydronephrosis

0(0)

6(5.8)

4(4.1)

0.820

 Hematoma

0(0)

4(3.8)

4(4.1)

1.000

Infection, n (%)

 Cytomegalovirus

0(0)

21(20.2)

20(20.4)

0.970

 JC virus

0(0)

13(12.5)

13(13.3)

0.871

 BK virus

0(0)

17(16.3)

15(15.3)

0.840

 Varicella zoster virus

0(0)

0(0)

1(1.0)

0.485

 Fungal infectio

0(0)

4(3.8)

5(5.1)

0.927

 Tuberculosis

0(0)

2(1.9)

0(0)

0.498

 Urinary tract infection

1(20.0)

7(6.7)

11(11.2)

0.263

 Acute bacterial pneumonia

1(20.0)

17(16.3)

12(12.2)

0.406

  1. P-value, between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis group
  2. PKT pre-emptive kidney transplantation, HD hemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis