Post-Operative Outcomes and Complications
Table 3 outlines post-operative outcomes for each transplant category. The main destination in all groups was routine discharge to home. KTx had 3.9% mortality rate, while there was no mortality in PTx and KPTx. KPTx experienced the highest rate of post-operative complications at 78.3%, which included acute renal failure (26.7%), respiratory (8.0%), post-operative infection (1.9%), SIRS (3.9%), and graft complication (8.0%) PTx had the second highest post-operative complication rate (75.9%), which included acute renal failure (40.7%), respiratory (5.6%), accidental cut, puncture, or hemorrhage (2.7%), post-operative infection (5.9%), SIRS (8.0%), and graft complications (8.2%). On average, median total hospital charge ($276,012) and median length of stay (14 days) was greatest in PTx.