10 June 2025 : Original article
Surgical Complications After Kidney Transplantation
Tímea Blichová ABCDEF 1,2, Patrícia Kleinová C 1,2*, Matej Vnučák CE 1,2, Karol Graňák CE 1,2, Andrej Kollár C 1,2, Jan Svihra Jr. C 3, Juraj Miklušica C 4, Ivana Dedinská ACE 1,2DOI: 10.12659/AOT.948531
Ann Transplant 2025; 30:e948531
Table 1 Group characteristics.
| Group characteristics (n=285) | |
|---|---|
| Men (%) | 68.1 (n=194) |
| Age in time of KT (years) ±SD | 45±13.9 |
| Follow-up (months) ±SD | 66.3±37.3 |
| SCD (%) | 71.6 (n=204) |
| ECD (%) | 21 (n=60) |
| LD (%) | 7.4 (n=21) |
| Kidney sent from another center (%) | 32.6 (n=93) |
| Basiliximab induction (%) | 67.7 (n=193) |
| Antithymocyte globulin induction (%) | 30.2 (n=86) |
| No induction (%) | 2.1 (n=6) |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 26 (n=74) |
| BMI (kg/m) | 25.9±4.6 |
| BK positivity (%) | 5.3 (n=15) |
| Average BK viremia (cop/ml) ±SD | 15 000±6500. median 1150 |
| BK viremia follow-up (months) ±SD | 14±7.9. median 3.5 |
| Surgeon 1 – number of KT (%) | 8.8 (n=25) |
| Surgeon 2 – number of KT (%) | 44.5 (n=127) |
| Surgeon 3 – number of KT (%) | 8.4 (n=24) |
| Surgeon 4 – number of KT (%) | 36.8 (n=105) |
| Surgeon 5 – number of KT (%) | 0.4 (n=1) |
| Surgeon 6 – number of KT (%) | 1.1 (n=3) |
| SD – standard deviation; KT – kidney transplantation; SCD – standard-criteria donor; ECD – extended-criteria donor; LD – living donor; BMI – body mass index. | |