Adults-to-adults living related donor renal transplantation in Yemen : the first experience

الملخص EN

Between May 1998 and June 2006, 31 patients (21 males and 10 females) received a renal allograft from live-related donors at the Urology and Nephrology Center in the Al-Thawra Modern General Hospital Sana'a, Republic of Yemen.

The cold ischemia time ranged between 48 and 68 minutes.

The immunosuppressive protocol was double therapy (steroids and mycophenolate) in the first 8 cases.

The subsequent cases received triple therapy with steroids, cyclosporine and mycophenolate.

Episodes of acute rejection were treated with high dose steroids while anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) was also used in cases of vascular or steroid resistant rejection.

Primary graft function was achieved in 29 recipients (93.5 %).

The post-transplant complications, either surgical or medical, were comparable to those reported in the literature.

The kidney transplantation program started sporadically in Yemen since 1998.

However, a well-established program has been running regularly since the beginning of 2005.