Transplant nephrectomy

Table 1 Indications for transplant nephrectomy

Type	Reason	Comments
Cause of failure	Renal vein thrombosis	Transplant pyonephrosis
	Renal artery occlusion
	Acute rejection refractory to treatment[17]
	Sepsis
Allograft associated complications	Primary non function	Apart from tumors, these occur in the early phase after transplantation
	Bleeding post biopsy[17]
	Transplant rupture[18]
	Rupture of pseudoaneurysm
	Malignant tumors[18]
Following failure	Pain due to uncontrolled rejection[5]
	Graft tenderness[14]
	Anemia resistant to treatment
	Recurrent urinary tract infection
	Persistent hematuria
	Sepsis
Miscellaneous	Preliminary measure prior to re-transplantation[19]	For example, failed kidney-pancreas transplant awaiting combined re-transplantation
	Recurrence of primary disease
	Polyoma virus nephropathy