Abdominal wall hernias in end-stage renal disease patients on peritoneal dialysis.

Objective: To describe our experience with hernioplasty in peritoneal dialysis patients and to identify possible risk factors for surgical complications.

Design: A 4-year retrospective chart review of data.

Setting: Peritoneal dialysis unit of a university hospital.

[Blunt trauma in kidney transplant with preservation of renal function].

A 35-year-old male received a living related kidney transplant. At 184 months posttransplantation he suffered a direct right iliac fossa blunt trauma while working on a machine in a steel factory. Graft pain, dysuria and gross hematuria were observed and CT showed a periallograft hematoma.