VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN RENAL-TRANSPLAN TATION

We report a retrospective analysis of 100 renal transplantations, main ly from related living donors. The rate of vascular complications was 9%: one arterial hemorrhage due to partial suture failure; one lymphoc ele two arterial thrombi, one in the inferior artery leading to fistul ization by ureteral necrosis and death following septic rupture of the artery, and one in the renal artery requiring graft removal; and five arterial stenoses, one which regressed spontaneously, one treated by endoluminal angioplasy, one treated surgically, one controlled by medi cal treatment and one which could not be treated due to secondary hemo dialysis after graft rejection. In this series of 100 transplantations , vascular complications were the cause of 16.5% of deaths and 12.5% o f post-graft hemodialysis.