Methodology:

A descriptive and retrospective study was conducted between January 2014 and November 2019. We included all patients over 18 years of age on peritoneal dialysis who received a kidney transplant.

Results:

124 patients on peritoneal dialysis with a mean age of 55.9±12.6 years at the time of transplantation were included, of whom 77 were male (62.1%). The catheter was removed at the time of transplantation in 22 patients (17.7%), of whom 2 (1.6% of 124 patients) required haemodialysis; it was removed at a second time in 102 patients (82.3%). Of these, 13 (10.5% of 124 patients) required some form of dialysis, of which 10 (8%) were peritoneal dialysis. Catheter or technique-related complications occurred in 14 patients (13.7%).

Conclusions:

Taking into account that approximately 14% of patients had complications related to the peritoneal catheter and that 92% of transplanted patients did not need peritoneal dialysis, it was considered beneficial for both the patient and the institution to remove the catheter at the same surgical procedure.