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. 2014 Apr 11;18(2):101–107. doi: 10.1007/s40477-014-0085-6

Table 1.

Complications of the transplanted kidney

Early complications 50–60 %
• Acute tubular necrosis (10–30 %)
• Acute rejection (20–40 %)
• Renal artery thrombosis (rare)
• Renal vein thrombosis (rare)
• Urinary obstruction
• Urinary hemorrhage and/or leak (6 %)
• Fluid collections (abscess, hematoma, lymphocele, urinoma)
• Cyclosporine and tacrolimus toxicity
• Infections
• Disease relapse
Late complications 10–20 %
• Transplanted renal artery stenosis (10–12 %)
• Renal infarction
• Cyclosporine and tacrolimus toxicity
• Infections
• Arteriovenous fistulas (10 %)
• Obstruction
• Transplanted renal vein stenosis
• Chronic allograft nephropathy
Long-term complications 1–2 %
• De novo glomerulonephritis
• Recurrent disease
• Other complications (1 %)