Background
Methods
Patients
Transplantation legislation
Surgical technique and data assessment
Timing of surgery, moon phases and zodiac signs
Immunosuppressive regimen
Outcome measures definition
Statistical analysis
Results
Moon phases and moon signs
Demographics and medical history
Patient groups according to moon phases/moon sign Libra |
P-value* | ||||||
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n (%) a
| New moon | Waxing moon | Full moon | Waning moon | Moon sign Libra | ||
Demographics | |||||||
Number of patients | 278 (100.0) | 33 (100.0) | 111 (100.0) | 32 (100.0) | 102 (100.0) | 17 (100.0) | |
Age (years) b,c
| 42.0 [7.4 - 74.0] | 45.3 [7.6 - 68.8] | 40.0 [17.8 - 73.9] | 42.1 [7.4 - 69.0] | 45.6 [9.3 - 70.3] | 35.9 [23.1 - 61.6] | 0.213 |
Sex (m/f) | 192 (69.0)/86 (31.0) | 28 (84.8)/5 (15.2) | 74 (66.7)/37 (33.3) | 23 (71.9)/9 (28.1) | 67 (65.7)/35 (34.3) | 12 (70.6)/5 (29.4) | 0.186 |
BMI (kg/m2) c
| 23.8 [16.4 - 34.8] | 24.5 [16.7 - 30.9] | 23.9 [16.4 - 33.8] | 22.9 [17.2 - 30.9] | 23.8 [16.9 - 34.8] | 23.9 [17.4 - 28.0] | 0.784 |
Medical history | |||||||
Total duration of dialysis (years) b,c
| 1.96 [0.04 - 10.64] | 1.75 [0.04 - 7.32] | 2.02 [0.2 - 10.6] | 1.8 [0.2 - 7.7] | 2.3 [0.04 - 10.5] | 2.4 [0.7 - 10.6] | 0.606 |
Peritoneal dialysis | 30 (10.8) | 0 (0) | 14 (12.6) | 3 (9.4) | 13 (12.7) | 3 (17.6) | 0.176 |
Cause of kidney failure d
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Chronic glomerulonephritis | 88 (31.7) | 8 (24.2) | 32 (28.8) | 11 (34.4) | 37 (36.3) | 6 (35.3) | 0.500 |
IgA nephritis | 24 (8.6) | 4 (12.1) | 10 (9.0) | 2 (6.3) | 8 (7.8) | 0 (0) | 0.840 |
Polycystic kidney disease | 19 (6.8) | 2 (6.1) | 8 (7.2) | 2 (6.3) | 7 (6.9) | 3 (17.6) | 0.995 |
Diabetic nephropathy | 13 (4.7) | 2 (6.1) | 8 (7.2) | 1 (3.1) | 2 (2.0) | 2 (11.8) | 0.308 |
Transplantation history | |||||||
one or more KT prior to LDKT | 33 (11.9) | 3 (9.09) | 14 (12.6) | 3 (9.4) | 13 (12.7) | 2 (11.8) | 0.915 |
Follow up | |||||||
Follow-up after LDKT (years) c
| 8.2 [0.13 - 15.2] | 8.1 [1.9 - 12.6] | 7.9 [0.13 - 14.6] | 10.4 [0.8 - 15.2] | 8.3 [0.6 - 14.2] | 6.0 [1.9 - 12.3] |
Postoperative course
Patient groups according to moon phases/moon sign Libra |
P-value*
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n (%) a
| New moon | Waxing moon | Full moon | Waning moon | Moon sign Libra | ||
Number of patients | 278 (100.0) | 33 (100.0) | 111 (100.0) | 32 (100.0) | 102 (100.0) | 17 (100.0) | |
Duration of operation (min.) b
| 160 [65–345] | 155 [120–345] | 160 [90–280] | 155 [65–295] | 160 [99–335] | 160 [120–265] | 0.532 |
Graft placement c: | |||||||
R-L | 133 (47.8) | 16 (48.4) | 58 (52.3) | 17 (53.1) | 42 (41.2) | 11 (64.7) | 0.358 |
L-R | 91 (32.7) | 13 (39.4) | 32 (28.8) | 9 (28.1) | 37 (36.3) | 4 (23.5) | 0.530 |
L-L | 23 (8.3) | 3 (9.1) | 8 (7.2) | 2 (6.3) | 10 (9.8) | 1 (5.9) | 0.883 |
R-R | 31 (11.2) | 2 (6.1) | 12 (10.8) | 4 (12.5) | 13 (12.7) | 1 (5.9) | 0.756 |
Hospital length of stay (days) b
| 18 [1–65] | 20 [7–43] | 17.5 [5–65] | 16.5 [7–58] | 18 [1–53] | 21 [6–32] | 0.851 |
General complications during inhospital stay d,e
| 12 (4.3) | 1 (3.0) | 4 (3.6) | 2 (6.3) | 5 (4.9) | 0 (0) | 0.887 |
Surgical complications during inhospital stay f
| 59 (21.2) | 10 (30.3) | 23 (20.7) | 6 (18.8) | 20 (19.6) | 5 (29.4) | 0.589 |
Relaparotomy | 49 (17.6) | 8 (16.2) | 18 (16.2) | 6 (18.8) | 17 (16.7) | 4 (23.5) | 0.744 |
Rejection episodes g
| 56 (20.1) | 8 (24.2) | 24 (21.6) | 8 (25.0) | 16 (15.7) | 1 (5.9) | 0.527 |
Delayed graft function h
| 26 (9.4) | 1 (3.0) | 11 (9.9) | 2 (6.3) | 12 (11.8) | 0 (0) | 0.447 |
Long-term surgical complications i (>90 days) | 25 (9.0) | 2 (6.1) | 11 (9.9) | 3 (9.4) | 9 (8.8) | 1 (5.9) | 0.925 |
Mortality: | |||||||
(<30 days) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
(<90 days) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Graft loss: | |||||||
(<30 days) | 4 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (5.9) | |
(<90 days) | 5 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (5.9) |