Valentin F, Boissieras P, Plagnol P, Aparicio M, Potaux L
J Urol Nephrol (Paris). 1976 Jan-Feb;82(1-2):57-72.
Over a period of 16 months, 62 renal transplantations were carried out by the same medicosurgical team. The follow-up period being 3 months for the most recent cases, 57 patients are still alive and 44 grafts are functional. No surgical complication was the cause of loss of a graft and even less so that of a transplanted patient. Reestablishment of urinary continuity was carried out by ureteroneosystostomy and no fistula or ureteral stenosis was noted. Only 5 vesical fistulae were related to this technique but they healed with no problem. Parietal infectious complications (32%) were much more preoccupying, and frequently the very cause of the majority of urinary complications. Finally vascular stenosis, found in a little more than 6 p. 100 of cases only lead to surgical restoration on one occasion. These different results are compared with those of other teams published today.