Kidney transplantation in patients receiving dialysis treatment for more than 10 years.

In the present single center study, we analyzed 277 kidney transplant patients (procedures performed between February 1984 and February 2006) to determine the impact of long-term dialysis on kidney transplant outcomes. Forty-four had been treated prior to renal transplantation with dialysis for more than 10 years (range, 10.0-32.5 years, average, 16.6 years; Group I), while the remaining 233 recipients showed an average end-stage renal disease period of 2.8 years (range, 0-9.8 years; Group II). There were no significant differences in patient survivals between the 2 groups: 97.3% vs 97.4% at 1 year; 85.7% vs 92.4% at 5 years; 85.7% vs 90.7% at 10 years (P = .2347). Five Group I patients died: 2 from infections, 2 from liver dysfunction, and 1 from cerebral bleeding. These causes of death were similar to those among Group II patients. Graft survival was not significantly different between the 2 groups: 95% vs 88.8% at 1 year; 75.5% vs 76.5% at 5 years; 75.5% vs 65.5% at 10 years (P = .6264). Our results suggested that dialysis treatment for more than 10 years did not have negative effects on posttransplantation patient and graft survival.