[The effect of early urologic complications on the prognosis of kidney transplantation]. / Der Einfluss urologischer Frühkomplikationen auf die Prognose der Nierentransplantation.

The early urological complications of 200 patients receiving a kidney allograft between 1985 and 1987 were analyzed retrospectively. In the first 4 weeks after transplantation urological, complications were found in 25 cases (12.5%), with a portion of 74.1% ureteral fistulas. The treatment was conservatively in 4 cases and operatively in 21 patients (84%), in 3 cases a recurrent operation was necessary. After an urological complication the graft prognosis was diminished markedly and the letality was higher in comparison with uncomplicated cases.