FOR the most part, the surgical technics of kidney transplantation have been standardized. 3 , 8, 10, 11,11,25 The least satisfactory aspect of this operation is provision of urinary drainage as will be demonstrated by an analysis of the urologic complications encountered in 216 consecutive recipients of renal grafts at the Colorado General and Denver Veterans Administration Hospitals.The Denver series is a useful one with which to study the attributes and deficiencies of urinary drainage procedures, not only because of the large numbers of patients, but also because all operations reported were performed at least one year ago, thereby assuring reasonably long fol-
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