@article{Berhe_2020, title={Surgical complications and outcomes of Living Kidney Recipients in a Novice Transplant Center in the Sub-Saharan African Country- Ethiopia: A two years experience}, url={https://emjema.org/index.php/EMJ/article/view/1531}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>End stage renal disease (ESRD) is emerging as a major public health problem worldwide.  Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with ESRD, but its attendant surgical complications pose significant concern to the outcome of kidney transplantation surgery. <strong>Objective</strong>:</p> <p>To review surgical complications and outcomes of live donor kidney transplant recipients in our centre.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>We retrospectively analyzed all surgical complications among kidney transplant recipients performed from September 2015 to August 2017.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>:</p> <p>  A total of 52 live related kidney transplant surgeries were performed during this period. The male to female ratio was 3.3:1. Patient age range from 16 to 60years with mean age of 34.5years (SD= 10.4). BMI of patients ranged from 15.3 to 30.6kg/m<sup>2</sup> with mean of 20.1(SD=3.5). The majority of patients received kidney from siblings 24(46.2%).</p> <p> The etiology of ESRD was unknown in 63.5% of cases, whereas chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetes mellitus and hypertension accounted for 13.5%, 7.7% and 3.8% respectively.</p> <p>Post surgical complications occurred in 8patients (15.3%) and most complications were related to surgical wound (9.6%).There was one urologic complication (1.9%) due to ureteric kink. Lymphocele occurred in 1 patient (1.9%).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p> <p>With proper planning and support, kidney transplant surgery can be a safe treatment modality for patients with ESRD even in a resource limited facility. Our rates of surgical complications were within those reported by other series.</p> <p>Key words: ESRD, Kidney transplantation, surgical complications</p>}, journal={Ethiopian Medical Journal}, author={Berhe, Tekleberhan}, year={2020}, month={Mar.} }