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Complications of Renal Transplantation

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The complications of renal transplantation are many and varied. With the hope transplantation allows, the number of transplantations are bound to increase; therefore, it is imperative to cut the complications to a minimum acceptable rate. The complications of transplantation, both medical and surgical, have appeared in the literature in recent years (1–69). Since it is almost impossible to discuss each of these complications in depth, only the major complications are presented here.

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Chatterjee, S.N. (1979). Complications of Renal Transplantation. In: Manual of Renal Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6139-1_12

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