Impact of age and gender matching on long-term graft function and actual graft survival in live-related renal transplantation: Retrospective study from Sindh Institute of Urology and transplantation, Pakistan.

In renal transplantation, donor and allograft age are known to have an important influence on the outcome of the graft, reflecting functional renal mass. We evaluated the impact of gender and age matching in living-donor renal transplantation on long-term graft survival and actual graft function over five years from the day of transplantation. We retrospectively analyzed 500 primary live-related donor renal transplants performed from August 2007 to December 2008 at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan.

Evaluation of renal function by cystatin C in renal transplant recipients.

Objectives: We evaluated cystatin C concentration as a marker of glomerular filtration rate in renal transplant recipients, and its correlation with creatinine-based glomerular filtration rate by urinary creatinine clearance, and the Cockroft-Gault and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formulas.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we measured serum cystatin C levels and its correlation with serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, and glomerular filtration rate using the Cockroft-Gault formula and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formulas.

Results: One hundred two recipients between June and December 2012, were examined.

Frequency of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients and effect on graft function.

Objective: To determine the risk factors of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients and its effect on graft function among transplanted patients visiting the outpatients department of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation.

Methods: This cohort study was conducted at Transplantation department, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation Karachi. The period of the study enrollment extended from April 2008 to September 2008 included were two hundred adult live related renal transplant recipients who were enrolled during the initial post transplant period and followed up for one year.