[The evolution of immunosuppression in clinical kidney transplantation: the experience of 700 cases].

Kidney transplantation was first introduced in Italy in 1966 by the II Surgical Pathology of the University of Rome giving a great contribution to the development of the transplant surgery in this country. The authors report their 25-year experience analyzing the results obtained in more than 700 kidney allografts. A progressive refinement in the surgical transplant technique both from cadaver and live as well as clinical trials on new immunosuppressive protocols characterized their work.