First experience of cadaveric renal transplantation in Sri Lanka.

Objectives: To analyse the outcome of 50 consecutive cadaveric renal transplants performed in Sri Lanka.

Methods: This was a single-centre longitudinal cohort study conducted in the Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Unit, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka. Records of 50 Sri Lankan cadaveric renal transplant recipients from 7th December 2004 to 1st September 2013 were reviewed and categorized according to early graft function, cold ischaemia time and the duration of dialysis before surgery.