1973 Volume 64 Issue 6 Pages 498-509
Before March 1971, 53 patients were treated with renal allotransplantation at the Departments of Urology of 10 Schools of Medicine in Japan. The collected experience of 53 kidney transplantations has permitted analysis of data on age, sex, survivals of recipients, source of donor kidney, types of disease in patients receiving renal transplants, blood groups, histocompatibility, dialysis, time of nephrectomy, type of perfusate, ischemic period, onset of function, types of ureteral anastomosis, immunosuppressive therapy, diagnosis and therapy of rejection, distribution of certain values related to kidney function, blood pressuree after transplantation, activity of recipients following transplants, complications, cause of transplant failure and/or death, and complications in donors. This report is the first comprehensive compilation of data on human kidney transplants in Japan, though limited to those performed at departments of urology. It is urgent that the human kidney transplant registry be updated as a continuous aid in evaluation of data on all human kidney transplants done so that we might share experiences and minimize duplication of error.
