Research Article
Kidney Autotransplantation and Orthotopic Kidney Transplantation: Two Different Approaches for Complex Cases
| Variable | Value |
| Mean follow-up in years | 4.47 | Acute tubular necrosis in the immediate postoperative period, n (%) | 3 (15.79%) |
| At 1 month after surgery | | Creatinine level, mean (SD) | 0.97 (0.47) | eGFR, mean (SD) | 91.43 (38.06) |
| At 1 year after surgery | | Creatinine level, mean (SD) | 1.18 (0.34) | eGFR, mean (SD) | 70.83 (SD 24.49) |
| At 5 years after surgery | | Creatinine level, mean (SD) | 1.07 (SD 0.24) | eGFR, mean (SD) | 76.94 (SD 20.82) |
| Creatinine level at 1 year after surgery in patients with solitary kidney (n = 3) | 1.25 (SD 0.41) | eGFR at 1 year after surgery in patients with solitary kidney (n = 3) | 64.92 (SD 29.06) |
| Overall mortality, n (%) | 0 | Functioning graft, n (%) | 15 (78.94%) | Graft loss during follow-up, n (%) | 4 (15.79%) |
| Early graft loss | | (i) Arterial thrombosis | 1 | (ii) Venous thrombosis | 1 |
| Late graft loss | | (i) Obstructive uropathy | 1 | (ii) Unknown origin | 1 | Clinically significant stenosis in the arterial anastomosis, n (%) | 0 |
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