Table 4.

Intraoperative and Early Surgical Complications

	LRT-alone mean ± SEM	LRT+SBN mean ± SEM	P-value
Major surgery-related intraoperative complications	0	6 (9%; injuries to IVC, renal a, spleen [2], liver; allograft repositioning)	0.03
Grade I or II early complications	13 (25%)	26 (39%)	0.12
Electrolyte imbalances	3	3
Post-operative bleeding not requiring surgical intervention	2	2
Pneumonia	0	1
Delayed graft function*	3	2
Acute rejection	3	2
Clostridium difficile colitis	0	1
Neuropathy	1	0
Grade III or IV early complications (life or graft threatening, requiring surgery or other emergent management)	3 (5.7%)	5 (7.5%)	1.0
Primary renal artery thrombosis leading to graft failure and transplant nephrectomy	2	0
Seizure from hyponatremia	0	1
Anaphylactic reaction requiring intubation	0	1
Surgical re-exploration to control bleeding	0	2
Surgical re-exploration to adjust positioning of allograft	1	1

^*defined as no fall in creatinine >10% in 48 hours and/or need for dialysis after transplant