Incidence of Symptomatic Lymphocele After Kidney Transplantation, Prevalence of Perirenal Fluid Collections at One, Five and Ten Weeks
Conditions
Keywords
kidney, transplantation, surgery, complications, lymphocele, fluid collections.
Brief summary
A single centre open randomised parallel-group study to evaluate whether prophylactic fenestration of the peritoneum at the time of renal transplantation prevents lymphocele formation. Adult (\>18 years old) recipients of renal transplants from deceased donors were eligible for inclusion. From March 2007 to May 2009 130 patients were included. The patients were randomized either to peroperative peritoneal fenestration, or to serve as controls. Block-randomization was conducted in groups of 10, drawn from envelopes containing five notes from each group. Patients who previously had undergone extensive abdominal surgery, or were included in other studies were excluded.
Interventions
PROCEDUREFenestration
Fenestration of the peritoneum according to the length of the transplanted kidney
PROCEDUREControl
Standard kidney transplantation
Sponsors
Oslo University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult recipients of kidney transplants from deceased donors
Exclusion criteria
* Former extensive abdominal surgery * Participation in other studies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Incidence of symptomatic lymphoceles | 1 - 3 years | Symptomatic lymphoceles treated by surgical intervetion or ultrasound guided drainage |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence of fluid perirenal collections evaluated by ultrasound at 1, 5 and 10 weeks | 1 -10 weeks |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed