en Urology and Nephrology Urology and Nephrology Original Research Original Research Between June, 1984 and January 20, 1987, 69 kidney transplantations were performed in our department. All kidneys were acquired from living donors. 63% of the cases were high-risk MLC-positive (poorly matched), and all but one were from related sources. There were only five rejected kidneys, all of which occurred in kidneys from parent donors. 28 recipients received donor-specific transfusions. Immunosuppression was with azathioprine and prednisone in 40 patients, and in 29 recipients, cyc1osporine and prednisone were the immunosuppressive agents. In four patients, ureteral fistulas occurred but in all of these cases, the grafts were saved by surgical intervention and no mortality resulted. Overall patient survival in 69 transplantations after two and a half years was 95.6% (Average follow up 9.7 months) Renal transplantion is considered a safe procedure that can improve the quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. 1 6 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-534&slc_lang=en&sid=1 NASSER SIMFOROOSH 20031947532846005712 20031947532846005712 Yes From the Department of Urology and Transplantation Unit, Shahid Labbafi-Nejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran ALI TAGHIZADEH 20031947532846005713 20031947532846005713 No BEHZAD AMIRANSARI 20031947532846005714 20031947532846005714 No ABDULKARIM DANESH DEZFULI 20031947532846005715 20031947532846005715 No HADI NOORMOHAMMADI 20031947532846005716 20031947532846005716 No ABBAS BASIRI 20031947532846005717 20031947532846005717 No SAFIEEH GOL 20031947532846005718 20031947532846005718 No