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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1979 Mar;11(1):276–284.

Table 4.

Results in First 2 Months After Cadaveric Renal Transplantation

Kidneys
Functioning
at 2 Month		 Serum Creatinine
in Kidneys
Functioning
at 2 Months		 Patients
Dead at
2 Months
> 2mg/100ml < 2mg/100ml
17 Thoracic-duct fistula 13 (77%) * 3 10 0
50 Controls 30 (60%) 5 25 5†
*

Of the 4 patients who lost their grafts, 1 had a successful cadaver retransplantation 4 weeks after the original transplant with continuing thoracic-duct drainage.

†

Two of these five patients died with normal renal function.