Influence of length of time on dialysis before grafting on kidney transplant results

The outcome of kidney transplantation was evaluated in 246 nondiabetic, CsA-treated recipients of primary cadaver transplant, divided into 4 groups according to length of time on dialysis: group ≤2, 0-24 months; group 2-5, 25-60 months; group 5-15, 61-180 months; group >15, over 180 months. The 4 groups did not differ in graft survival, proteinuria (g/die), or estimated GFR values at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years after grafting. They did not differ in the frequency of cataract, hip osteonecrosis, tumors, or posttransplant diabetes mellitus at 3 years after grafting. Ocular hypertone (p 15, and in all these cases but ocular hypertone a linear trend of increasing frequencies with increasing dialytic age was statistically significant. Group 5-15 had the lowest patient sur...