Ciftci, FelatSimsek, ArifePiskin, TurgutUnal, BulentDogan, Sait MuratUlutas, OzkanTabel, Yilmaz2024-08-042024-08-0420242636-7688https://doi.org/10.5455/annalsmedres.2024.06.108https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/1251693https://hdl.handle.net/11616/88653Aim: This study presents the causes of death-censored graft loss among kidney transplant recipients. Materials and Methods: Medical records of the patients, who had undergone kidney transplantation at a tertiary center between November 2010 and December 2018, were retrospectively reviewed. Death-censored graft loss was described as an irreversible graft failure signified by return to long-term dialysis (or re-transplantation). Inclusion criteria were: patients who had undergone kidney transplantation, and subsequently lost their first graft, and a follow-up of more than one year after kidney transplantation. Results: Of 269 kidney transplant recipients, 33 recipients with a mean age of 33.54 ± 15.37 years (17 male and 16 female) were included in the study. The rate of death-censored graft loss was 12.26%. Of graft failures, 3.03% occurred in the hyperacute phase, 18.18% in the acute phase, and 78.78% in the chronic phase. Chronic allograft nephropathy was the leading cause of graft failure (48.48%). Other causes were medical problems (18.18), immunological problems (18.18%) and surgical complications (15.15%). Conclusion: Identification of the true causes of graft failure described under the heading chronic allograft nephropathy is noteworthy. Comprehensive biochemical, physiological, pathological, immunological, and geneteninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle31754655210.5455/annalsmedres.2024.06.1081251693