Effect of ureteric stents on urological infection and graft function following renal transplantation

Table 2 Comparison of groups with or without stent at initial transplant procedure n (%)

Parameter	Stented group (n = 183)	Without stent group (n = 102)	P value
Gender (male)	118 (65)	63 (62)	0.648
Age (yr), mean ± SE	52.4 ± 1.0 (53.7)1	49.1 ± 1.3 (50.6)1	0.035
Diabetes	31 (17)	13 (13)	0.347
BMI > 30 kg/m2	39 (21)	21 (21)	0.531
Vesico-ureteric reflux	11 (6)	14 (14)	0.031
First transplant	151 (83)	89 (87)	0.315
Type of transplant
DCD	111 (61)	78 (77)	0.023
DBD	12 (7)	5 (5)
LD	60 (33)	19 (19)
Delayed graft function	55 (30)	35 (34)	0.595
Septrin	173 (99)	91 (93)	0.002
Urine leak	7 (4)	5 (5)	0.746
Ureter stenosis	6 (3)	7 (7)	0.359
Ureter necrosis	1 (0.5)	0 (0)
Infection	91 (53)	40 (42)	0.075
Operation-infection interval (d)
mean ± SE	28.1 ± 3.7	33.3 ± 6.2	0.451
Median	10.5	11.0

¹Median age in parenthesis. Figures in parenthesis indicate percentages (except for age), corrected for number with relevant data. BMI: Body mass index; DCD: Donation after circulatory death; DBD: Donation after brain death; LD: Living donation.