In january 13, 1979, the cadaveric kidney transplantation was performed at the Hanyang University Hospital and it was first case in Korea.
We reviewed our experiences with cadaveric renal transplant pateints with specific references to the causes of recipients' death, donor characteristics, prognosis of recipients, such as after responsivenss to immunosuppresive drugs, and delayed
function.
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN 1) The most important cause of death was infection.
2) In our study, the donors were divided into two groups as a prisoner who was excuted the death penalty and others. And there was no differences in prognosis between two groups.
3) Female recipients were more favorable prognosis after renal transplantation although their causes were unknown.
4) Among our 15 cases, 7 cases were treated with cyclosporine A as an immunosupressive agents. And many clinical trials have clearly demonstrated that cyclosporine A is superior to previously available immunosuppressive agents. But, we could
find
any
diffrence in cadaver transplantation because of short follow-up interval and small clinical numbers.
5) The average garft survival was 87.6 months in intinal function group, and 20.4 months in delayed function group.
6) In 7 cases of delayed function group. they needed 5.6 times of artificial kidney after transplantation, and recovered about 16.4 days after transplantation.
This is an analysis of 15 cases of cadaveric kidney transplantation performed at the HYUH between 1979 and April, 1990.
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