Post-Operative Outcomes and Complications
Table 3 outlines post-operative outcomes for each transplant category.
The main destination in all groups was routine discharge to home. KTx
had 3.9% mortality rate, while there was no mortality in PTx and KPTx.
KPTx experienced the highest rate of post-operative complications at
78.3%, which included acute renal failure (26.7%), respiratory
(8.0%), post-operative infection (1.9%), SIRS (3.9%), and graft
complication (8.0%) PTx had the second highest post-operative
complication rate (75.9%), which included acute renal failure (40.7%),
respiratory (5.6%), accidental cut, puncture, or hemorrhage (2.7%),
post-operative infection (5.9%), SIRS (8.0%), and graft complications
(8.2%). On average, median total hospital charge ($276,012) and median
length of stay (14 days) was greatest in PTx.