Survival Rate of Living Related Kidney Transplant Patients in Surabaya

Abstract Background The survival outcome of transplant patients have improved in the past three decades. The short and long term survival of graft and patients are still being widely studied. Many factors affect the survival rate such as age, gender, diabetes mellitus, and immunosuppressive therapy. Objective The study aim to provide patients’ survival rates 1, 3, and 5 years after transplant. Methods The study used descriptive approach on 67 kidney transplant patients undergoing outpatient treatment from 1996 to 2016. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS with the Kaplan-Meier curve to observe the survival rate. Result The survival rate of patients in 1, 3, and 5 years were 100%, 97%, and 94% respectively. The survival rate in geriatric and non-geriatric patients in the first year post-transplantation was both 100%, the third year post-transplantation survival rate were 100% and 94.7%, and the five year post-transplantation survival rate were 100% and 89.5%. The 1, 3, and 5 year survival rate for male and female patients were both 100%, 96.3% vs 100%, and 92.6% vs 100% respectively. Compared to their non-diabetic counterparts, diabetic patients’ survival rate in 1, 3, and 5 years were both 100%, 96.5% vs 100%, and 93% vs 100% respectively. The survival rate of patients receiving tacrolimus vs cyclosporine were both 100% in the first year, 97.1% vs 97% in the third year, and 97.1% vs 90.9% in the fifth year after transplant. Conclusion The survival rate of kidney transplant patients in 1, 3, and 5 year after transplant were 100%, 97%, and 94%. Factors linked to higher survival rate were geriatric patients, female gender, diabetes, and the use of cyclosporine in the immunosuppressant therapy regimen.   Keyword: kidney transplantation, survival