Background: In patients with end-stage renal disease, successful renal allotransplantation improves the quality of life and increases survival as compared with long-term dialysis treatment.
Objective: To show our experience, effectiveness and results of renal transplantations at the University Hospital of UANL.
Material and methods: A retrospective study of renal transplantation performed at University Hospital of UANL was done. The transplant cases from 1967 to July 2001 and January 2003 to June 2011 were included.
Results: 280 kidney transplants were performed in 264 patients, 146 men and 118 women; 201 from deceased donor and 79 from living donor. The patient survival at 1, 3, and 5 years was 98.8, 85.9 and 85.9%, respectively. The graft survival at 1, 3, and 5 years, censored for death with functioning graft, was 98.8, 85.7 and 74.9%, respectively.
Conclusions: Our results, in this population with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, are comparable to those obtained in other institutions.