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Delayed renal graft function (DGF) is a frequent complication with negative impact on the course of early post-transplantation period. The data concerning the impact on the late results are contradictory. This study describes results of 5-year follow-up of 248 recipients after deceased donor renal transplantation. All patients were divided into two groups: with delayed graft function (DGF, n = 53) and immediate graft function, considered as the control group (IGF, n = 195). We evaluated factors that were associated with development of DGF and its impact on the survival of graft and recipient, and frequency of acute rejections and chronic dysfunctions. The rate of observed DGF was 21.4%. Its development was associated with the following factors: age of recipient and their weight, age of donor and their body mass index, high frequency of asystole/hypotension in donors prior to organ explantation (P < 0.05 for all), and longer time of cold ischemia (P = 0.058). The DGF group had higher rate of acute rejections (P < 0.001), and also lower 1.5 and 5-year graft survival and 1.5-year patient survival (P < 0.05 for all). The conclusion is that DGF has negative impact on the survival of renal grafts and patients, especially during the first 1.5 years after transplantation.

Patients with chronic renal failure and vascular diseases require the vascular access for hemodialysis procedure to be performed with the most possible comfort for the patient. Native vein graft has a longer-lasting term in the patients&rsquo; limb, lower risk of graft infection and lower price. Native vein graft is constructed from the great saphenous vein, if the diameter of the vessel is smaller than the diameters of vessels (brachial artery, cephalic vein) it is connected to in the cubital fossa region due to the risk of graft folding, that might occur, if the graft diameter is bigger than the diameter of one or both vessels, on which anastomosis is made. The most important sizes, that were taken before graft placement, are the length of the forearm compartment, the distance between the brachial artery and cephalic vein in the cubital fossa region, distance from an expected incision in the brachial artery to the middle of the forearm compartment, the distance between incision in cephalic vein to the middle of the forearm compartment, length of the great saphenous vein (the graft) and diameters of blood vessels, used in the procedure. Finally, the right position of the graft should be determined for the successful outcome of anastomosis creating procedure.

Introduction. In 2014, new scoring system - Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) was introduced. KDPI is a numerical measure that combines ten donor factors, including clinical parameters and demographics, to summarize into a single number the quality of deceased donor kidneys. There are some publications regarding usefulness of KDPI in the first kidney transplant recipients, however there are no data focusing on repeated transplantation patients. Aim of the Study. To determine the usefulness of kidney donor profile index as a risk marker of graft failure in repeated transplantation situations. Material and methods. A single-centre retrospective study was conducted. Patients who underwent a repeated transplantation from deceased donors between 2005. and 2013. were included in the study. Data about donor’s risk factors - age, height, weight, race, history of hypertension, history of diabetes, cause of death, serum creatinine, anti-HCV and if donor is after cardiac death - were collected and KDPI was calculated for all participants. Patients were divided into groups according to determined KDPI: Group 1 - KDPI <35%; Group 2 - KDPI 36 - 69%; Group 3 - KDPI >70%. For statistical analysis, IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 21.0 was used. Results. A total of 72 patients were enrolled in the study. There were 17 patients (23.6%) in the 1. group, 38 patients (52.8%) in the 2. group and 17 patients (23.6%) in the 3. group. The most common cause of an end stage renal disease was chronic glomerulonephritis- 59.7% (n=43). Patients with higher KDPI developed acute rejection more often. In the group with KDPI <35% it was observed in 35.3%, while in the groups with KDPI 36 - 69% and KDPI >70% in 60.5% and 64.7% of patients, p = 0.02. Graft function differed significantly both, after one (p =0.01) and three years (p=0.04) with the highest eGFR results in the group with the lowest KDPI. The difference in graft survival rates was statistically significant, p = 0.027. After three- years it was 88.2% in the first group, 86.8% in the second group and 70.6% in the third group. Patient survival rates showed trend toward significance (p = 0.076) with only two patients lost during three- year follow up. Conclusions. KDPI presents relevance with repeated transplantation outcomes. Lower KDPI indicates better transplantation outcomes - superior graft function and better graft survival. However, there is only trend towards significance in patient survival rates.