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Habicht, A., Broker, V., Blume, C., Lorenzen, J., Schiffer, M., Richter, N., Klempnauer, J., Haller, H., Lehner, F. and Schwarz, A. (2011) Increase of Infectious Complications in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplant Recipients—A Single Centre Experience. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 26, 4124-4131.
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• TITLE: Long Term Follow-Up of ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation—A Study from India

  AUTHORS: Rajan Ravichandran, Subramanian Kannan

  KEYWORDS: ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation, India, Long Term

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.3 No.3, March 29, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Background: There is a need to do ABO incompatible kidney transplantation in a country like India where deceased donor transplantation is not common. More than 90% transplantations are done with living donors. Although short term results have been reported from 4 centers, there is paucity of data on long term follow-up of such patients. Methods: The data of 18 patients who had undergone ABO incompatible transplantation exceeding a follow-up of 12 months up to 66 months were analyzed. It was compared with the data of compatible kidney transplantation during the same period. Results: In both the groups, there was a similar incidence of urinary tract infection and gastroenteritis with complete recovery. Tuberculosis was successfully treated in 2 patients who had undergone ABO incompatible transplantation. The graft function was excellent with an average follow-up period of 38.2 months. There was no patient mortality during the follow-up period. Conclusion: The long term outcome of ABO incompatible kidney transplantation is similar to compatible kidney transplantation despite the increased incidence of short term complications.