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Abstract

Objective: To describe our experience of renal transplant operations in our institute.
Study Design: Prospective observational study.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anaesthesiology, Armed Forces Institute of Urology, Rawalpindi, from Sep 2016 to Sep 2019.
Methodology: A total of 170 living related renal transplants were included in this study. Soda bicarbonate was given intra operatively to recipients according to arterial blood gas results. Blood transfusion was done where indicated.
Results: Out of 340 (100 %) patients, 170 (50%) were living related donors and 170 (50%) were transplant recipients General anesthesia was the technique of choice. Three (1.76%) recipients out of 170 were awaked from anesthesia and postponed. Five (2.94%) patients were reopened on the same evening and 2 (1.17%) patients had transplant nephrectomy over a period 1 month. Soda bicarbonate was given to 143 (84.1%) and blood transfusion in 4 (2.35%) transplant recipients where as one patient had anaphylaxis intra-operatively.
Conclusion: Living related kidney transplant is the standard transplant procedure in our institute because of non-availability of cadaveric donor. It’s now time that deceased donor program be started in Pakistan due to increased cases of renal failure and decreased living donors.