Impact of surgeon experience on complication rates and functional outcomes of 484 deceased donor renal transplants: a single-centre retrospective study.

Objective: To determine how postoperative and functional outcomes after deceased donor renal transplantation (DDRT) are related to surgeon experience.

Patients And Methods: The outcomes of 484 adult DDRT performed by 13 urological surgeons were retrospectively reviewed. After completion of a staged renal transplant training programme under supervision of an attending urological transplant surgeon, the 13 surgeons were either assigned to the inexperienced group (n = 8) or the experienced group (n = 5).