LONG-TERM EFFECT OF SPLENECTOMY VERSUS NO SPLENECTOMY IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

Abstract

In 1980 we determined the patient and renal allograft survival in 299 kidney transplants recipients who, between 1976 and 1979, were randomized to splenectomy (n=146) versus nonsplenectomy (n=152), and who were treated with antilymphocyte globulin-azathioprine-prednisone for immunosuppression. The preliminary analysis showed significantly (P