Table. 2.

Postoperative complications within 4 weeks after kidney transplantation

Complication No. of patients (%)
Delayed graft function 16 (5.3)
Surgical 26 (8.7)
Bleeding 13 (4.3)
Lymphocele 5 (1.7)
Wound problem 4 (1.3)
Othersa) 4 (1.3)
Urological complication 12 (4)
Urine leak 7 (2.3)
Ureterovesical junction stenosis 4 (1.3)
Bladder fistula 1 (0.3)
Nonsurgical 24 (8)
Infection 17 (5.7)
Urinary tract infection 15 (5)
Othersb) 2 (0.7)
Gastrointestinal 5 (1.7)
Ulcer bleeding 2 (0.7)
Postoperative liver dysfunction 2 (0.7)
Ileus 1 (0.3)
Cardiovascular 2 (0.7)
Unstable angina 1 (0.3)
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy 1 (0.3)
Angiodysplasia of small bowelc) 1 (0.3)
Mortality 2 (0.7)
Aspiration pneumonia 1 (0.3)
Bleeding 1 (0.3)

a)Others include each case of arterial thrombosis, arterial anastomosis dehiscence, surgery-related radiculopathy, and embolic infarction; b)Others includes herpes esophagitis and bacteremia without infection focus; c)Angiodysplasia was pathologically confirmed in one patient.

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