CONNECTION OF EARLY COMPLICATIONS AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION WITH THE GENDER OF THE RECIPIENT AND THE DONOR

Abstract

The frequency of vascular complications after kidney transplantation is low, but if they happen they present a great danger to the outcome of the transplantation. Renal artery thrombosis or renal vein thrombosis, as well as different types of hemorrhages can significantly jeopardize the outcome of the transplantation including the loss of the graft or mortality of the recipient. The aim of this research was to determine the connection between the frequency of early vascular complications and the gender of the recipient and the donor. The research was performed on the sample of 43 patients who underwent a kidney transplantation at the Clinic of Vascular Surgery, Clinical Centre in Niš within the period from 2009 to 2012. The difference in the representation of vascular complication between genders of the recipients (p=1) and the donors (p = 0.61) was not statistically significant. According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the gender of the recipient and the donor is not connected to the frequency of the early vascular complications after a kidney transplantation.

Key words: Early vascular complications, gender, kidney transplantation