- Shao-jie Fu: Department of Kidney Transplantation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship of the renal allograft weight and the recipient's body weight with allograft function after transplantation.
METHODS: The correlation of the renal allograft weight, the recipient's body weight, the ratio of the allograft weight to the recipient body weight and the mean serum creatinine (sCr) 3 years after transplantation were measured in 108 kidney recipients.
RESULTS: The allograft weight was inversely correlated with the mean sCr 3 years after transplantation (P<0.01).
CONCLUSION: The renal allograft weight, recipient's body weight and the ratio of allograft weight to recipient's body weight are important indicators of the long-term allograft function after transplantation, and recipients with greater body weight should receive allografts of higher weight.