J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 80(11): 1080-1083, 1979

Report on the annual meeting

REHABILITATION AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

2nd Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Y. Nakane, T. Oka, Y. Omori, I. Aikawa, K. Okino, T. Usui, I. Hashimoto

One hundred and twenty-eight cases of renal transplantation have been performed in our clinic to date. The present staus of rehabilitation in a series of 61 allograft recipients surviving over one year after grafting was evaluated.
Eighty-two percent of these patients are able to engage in full time work, and 67.3% are able to return to their previous occupations. These values are much higher than for patients undergoing dialysis (33%). All children undergoing renal transplantation returned to school and developed well physically.
Five of the male recipients were capable of impregnating their wives. Two female recipients delivered healthy offspring.

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