Drouin S, Defortescu G, Prudhomme T, Culty T, Verhoest G, Doerfler A, Goujon A, Branchereau J, Timsit M-O
Comité de transplantation et d'insuffisance rénale chronique de l'association française d'urologie (CTAFU), maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie et transplantation, Sorbonne université, , APHP-6, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, hôpital Necker, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
Comité de transplantation et d'insuffisance rénale chronique de l'association française d'urologie (CTAFU), maison de l'urologie, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie et transplantation, CHU de Rouen, 37, boulevard Gambetta, 76000 Rouen, France; Service d'urologie et transplantation rénale, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, hôpital Necker, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
Prog Urol. 2021 Jan;31(1):45-49. doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2020.03.013.
To propose surgical recommendations for the management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and urinary incontinence in kidney transplant recipients and candidates.
Following a systematic approach, a review of the literature (Medline) was conducted by the CTAFU focusing on medical and surgical treatment of LUTS and urinary incontinence in kidney transplant recipients and candidates. References were assessed according to a predefined process to propose recommendations with levels of evidence.
Functional bladder capacity and bladder compliance are impaired during dialysis. LUTS, related to pre-kidney transplantion alterations, frequently improve spontaneously after kidney transplantation. LUTS secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may be underestimated before kidney transplantation due to oliguria, low bladder compliance and low bladder capacity. In LUTS associated with BPH, anticholinergics require dosage adjustment with creatinine clearance. If surgery is indicated after kidney transplantation, procedure can be safely performed in the early post-transplant course after removal of ureteral stent. Surgical management of urinary incontinence does not seem to be associated with an icreased risk for infectious complications in kidney transplant recipients. Particular attention should be paid to the management of postvoid residual and bladder pressures in case of neurological bladder disease. Optimal care of neurological bladder should be provided prior to transplantation: with a cautious management, and despite an increased occurrence of febrile urinary tract infections, transplant survival is not compromised.
These recommendations must contribute to improve the management of lower urinary tract symptoms and urinary incontinence in kidney transplant patients and kidney transplant candidates.
