We compared the incidence of urological and anastomotic complications for the ureteroureterostomy and Lich-Gregoir techniques in kidney transplant recipients. Between May 2003 and February 2004, 75 kidney transplant recipients from living donors were divided into two similar groups to receive ureteroureterostomy (n = 41, 28 male, 13 female) and Lich-Gregoir techniques (n = 34, 24 male, 10 female) for ureteral reimplantation. Patients with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) to the native kidneys were excluded from the study.
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