Results of 319 consecutive renal transplants from living related and living unrelated donors

ABSTRACT

Between April 1986 and October 1989, 319 consecutive renal transplants were carried out in Hashemi Nejad Kidney Center. Two hundred and forty two transplants [76%] were from living related donors and 77[24%] from living unrelated donors. In all kidney donors, true voluntarism of consent was explored by our Donor Assessment Panel. Triple therapy [cyclosporin, azathioprine and prednisolone] was used in 279 patients and conventional therapy [azathioprine, prednislone] in 40 patients. One year patient and graft survival rates were not significantly different between LRD and LUD transplants [96%, 92% vs. 98%, 90%]. In the second series of 100 consecutive renal transplants, the one year patient survival rate improved significantly, increasing from 93% to 99% and appeared to be due to the center effect [P<0.05]