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Introduction: Surgical complications are a risk for the patient after kidney transplantation, with several possible risk factors involved. Objective: To determine which risk factors contribute to the development of surgical wound complications in renal transplant patients.
Material and Method: Retrospective cohort study in renal transplant patients from January 2018 to December 2021. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected from the donor and recipient. The incidence of surgical wound infection and dehiscence, and risk factors were analysed.
Results: 13.5% of the patients presented infection and 15.9% dehiscence, being older patients (61.71±9.81 years versus 56.56±11.88 years; p=0.030), with a higher rate of overweight according to BMI (42.9% versus 19.6%; p=0.046) and a higher associated comorbidity (3.07±1.54 versus 2.23±1.38; p=0.003). Of the patients with infection, 53.6% also had superficial wound dehiscence. Exudate appeared in 90.9% of the cases who developed dehiscence compared to 12.1% of the patients who did not suffer such a complication (p<0.001).
Conclusions: Infection and dehiscence are frequent complications after renal transplantation. Age, overweight, high comorbidity and exudate are risk factors for developing surgical wound complications after renal transplantation.
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Ostaszewska A, Wszola M, Olszewska N, Karpeta E, Serwanska-Swietek M, Kuthan R, et al. Reoperation in Early Kidney Post-transplant Period as a Strong Risk Factor of Surgical Site Infection Occurrence. Transplant Proc 2019;51(8):2724-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.05.018
Ferraresso M, Berardinelli L. Nosocomial infection in kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective analysis of a single-center experience. Transplant Proc 2005;37(6):2495-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.06.029
Fockens MM, Alberts VP, Bemelman FJ, Van Der Pant KAMI, Idu MM. Wound morbidity after kidney transplant. Prog Transplant 2015;25(1):45-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7182/pit2015812
Harris AD, Fleming B, Bromberg JS, Rock P, Nkonge G, Emerick M, et al. Surgical site infection after renal transplantation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(4):417-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.77
Abdo-Cuza AA, Gómez-Bravo MA, Pérez-Bernal JB, Suárez-López J, Gómez-Peire F, Leiva-Torres JL, et al. Health Care-Associated Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc 2020;52(2):509-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.12.010
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Warzyszyńska K, Zawistowski M, Karpeta E, Ostaszewska A, Jonas M, Kosieradzki M. Early Postoperative Complications and Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Moderately Obese Patients. Transplant Proc 1 octubre 2020;52(8):2318-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.110
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Peluso G, Incollingo P, Campanile S, Menkulazi M, Scotti A, Tammaro V, et al. Relation Between Wound Complication and Lymphocele After Kidney Transplantation: A Monocentric Study. Transplant Proc 2020;52(5):1562-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.053
Martins LS, Malheiro J, Pedroso S, Almeida M, Dias L, Henriques AC, et al. Pancreas-Kidney transplantation: Impact of dialysis modality on the outcome. Transpl Int 2015;28(8):972-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.12565
Padillo-Ruiz J, Arjona-Sánchez A, Muñoz-Casares C, Ruiz-Rabelo J, Navarro MD, Regueiro JC. Impact of peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis on incidence of intra-abdominal infection after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant. World J Surg 2010;34(7):1684-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-010-0527-z
Alonso M, Villanego F, Vigara LA, Aguilera A, Ruíz E, García A, et al. Surgical Wound Dehiscence in Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Impact on Graft Survival. Transplant Proc 2022;54(1):27-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.09.066
Vedove Rosales L, Marrero Fernández M del P, Dorta Hernández A, Álvarez Rodríguez Ó, Martín Fleitas AE. Revisión de los factores de riesgo relacionados con la dehiscencia y/o infección de la herida quirúrgica en el trasplantado renal. En: Libro Comunicaciones Presentadas al XXXIV Congreso Nacional SEDEN. Madrid: Sociedad Española de Enfermería Nefrológica; 2009. p. 191-5.
Røine E, Bjørk IT, Øyen O. Targeting risk factors for impaired wound healing and wound complications after kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc 2010;42(7):2542-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.05.162
Toon CD, Lusuku C, Ramamoorthy R, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS. Early versus delayed dressing removal after primary closure of clean and clean-contaminated surgical wounds. Cochrane database Syst Rev. 2015;2015(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010259.pub3
Lumbers M. Selecting appropriate postoperative dressings to support wound healing and reduce surgical site infection. Br J Nurs. 2018;27(6):S32-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.6.S32