Abstract:INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: For patients who have undergone primary kidney transplant(PKT) and returned to dialysis, second kidney transplantation(SKT) offers improved quality of life and survival advantages. However, SKT is associated with increased immunologic and non-immunologic risk. Despite these challenges, reported outcomes and 5 year allograft survival rates following SKT are acceptable. There are few studies that investigate significant perioperative predictors for long-term renal allograft survival a… Show more
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