Transplantectomy in the First 3 Months After Renal Transplantation: Experience of a Reference Center

Transplantation is the treatment of choice in end-stage renal disease. However, there are complications that require transplantectomy. The objective of this study was to evaluate predictive factors for transplantectomy in the first 3 months after renal transplantation. This retrospective study included 770 kidney transplants performed between June 2011 and June 2017. Logistic regression was applied to study the relationship between independent variables and the occurrence of transplantectomy. Analyzing variables of the recipients, it was verified that age over 65 years; body mass index; dialysis time; history of previous transplant and comorbidities such as obesity, overweight, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, peripheral arterial disease; or history of a thrombotic episode were not predictive factors. It was found that the use of expanded criteria donors, their age, or cause of death were not predictive factors. The use of a right renal graft or grafts with multiple arteries; the duration of surgery; the performance of surgery at dawn; the need for transfusion; the cold ischemia time; and hemodynamic parameters at reperfusion (central venous pressure, systolic or diastolic blood pressure) were not predictive factors. The recipient age at transplantation (p = .014; B=–0.059; Exp(B)=0.943 [0.899-0.988]) and reoperation in the first 10 days after transplantation (p < .001; B= –2.574; Exp(B)=0.076 [0.028-0.210]) were predictive factors. Reoperation in the first 10 days after transplantation decreased the risk of transplantectomy in the first 3 months. The lower the age of the recipient, the greater the risk of transplantectomy. •There are complications that require early transplantectomy.•Early graft removal involves the loss of the transplant survival benefit.•Reoperation till ten days after transplant reduced the risk of early transplantectomy.•The lower the age of the recipient, the greater the risk of transplantectomy.