Results of retransplantation in individuals who received two successive cadaver kidneys.

At the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, 22 patients received two successive cadaver renal transplants. The results were analysed to determine which factors have the best predictive value for success or failure in renal retransplantation. The fate of a second cadaver renal allograft was found to be about the same as the first if the initial transplant has been lost because of rejection and not technical failure. The duration of survival of the initial transplant serves as the best guide to potential outcome of retransplantation after rejection of the initial graft.