Evaluation of renal transplantations performed in the Transplantation Center at Sanko University Medical School

Initial Report on the Results of the Kidney Transplant Program at the Bajio Regional High Specialty Hospital

BACKGROUND

We present the first results of our program, which is characterized by its acceptance of any candidate with chronic renal failure. Therefore, we serve all patients, regardless of their social security and socioeconomic status.

METHODS

We conducted a retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study describing the characteristics of patients who received kidney transplants in the period from 2008 to 2015. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate our findings.

RESULTS

A total of 708 transplants were performed, with 377 (53%) involving a living donor and 331 (47%) involving deceased donors. The patients' mean age was 26 years (±12.7 SD), with a range of 5 to 69 years. Of these patients, 488 were male (68.9%), and 423 (59.7%) had no social security. The replacement therapy prior to transplantation was peritoneal dialysis in 40% of cases, hemodialysis in 57% of cases, and 3% of patients had no prior therapy. The blood group distribution was 436 (61%) type O; 177 (25%) type A; 78 (11%) type B; and 8 (1%) type AB. The average hospital stay for a living donor transplant was 9 days and 13 days in the case of a deceased donor.

CONCLUSIONS

This study describes the basic clinical and epidemiological characteristics of our transplant population. These results can be used as a basis for future descriptive and prospective studies at our institution or in other inter-agency and national projects. We also highlight the rapid development of the kidney transplant program at the Bajio Regional High Specialty Hospital.