Comparing Taguchi and Lich-Gregoir Ureterovesical Reimplantation Techniques for Kidney Transplants

Abstract

In the sample studied Taguchi ureterocystoneostomy proved to be a more rapid method without increasing the incidence of urological or anastomotic complications. There were no cases of symptomatic reflux in the Taguchi group and select fistula cases could be managed conservatively. The Lich-Gregoir cohort was at greater risk for the urological complications of live donor transplantation. The Taguchi method has become the ureterovesical reimplantation technique of choice in our setting.