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Table 3 Clinical outcomes

From: Dual kidney transplantation offers a safe and effective way to use kidneys from deceased donors older than 70 years

 

SCD (n = 124)

ECD (n = 80)

DKT (n = 15)

p value

SCD vs DKT

ECD vs DKT

Patient death (%)

4 (3.2)

3 (3.8)

0 (0)

0.96

  

Graft failure (%)

4 (3.2)

2 (2.5)

1 (6.67)

0.63

  

DGF (%)

33 (26.6)

27 (33.8)

3 (20.0)

0.41

  

Nadir sCr

1.2 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.3

< 0.01

0.10

< 0.01

Time to nadir sCr

24.6 ± 30.0

33.8 ± 34.9

22.6 ± 21.3

0.02

0.47

0.04

Post-transplant eGFR

 1 yr

60.2 ± 15.0

48.3 ± 13.9

57.0 ± 21.5

< 0.01

0.58

0.43

 2 yr

64.7 ± 18.3

53.1 ± 14.8

46.1 ± 17.4

< 0.01

0.03

0.23

 3 yr

65.8 ± 18.0

55.7 ± 17.1

50.1 ± 19.1

0.01

0.15

0.99

Rejection episode

40 (32.3)

31 (38.8)

6 (40.0)

0.59

  

Complicationsa (%)

6 (4.8)

19 (23.8)

2 (13.3)

< 0.01

0.24

0.99

F/U duration (mo)

33.5 ± 15.0

28.5 ± 13.9

25 ± 12.1

< 0.01

0.03

0.39

  1. DGF delayed graft function, sCr serum creatinine level, eGFR estimated glomerulus filtration rate, F/U follow up
  2. aComplications include ureter leakage, ureter stricture, lymphocele, bleeding, and renal artery stenosis