UP-113-c03 Transplant & specialist early
Treatment of transplant lymphocele and perigraft collections

Infection or abscess

An initially sterile collection can become infected after instrumentation.

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01 Variation coverage

Which versions of the operation this applies to

All variants

The parent hub contains 4 recorded variations.

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02 Evidence

Sources

European Association of Urology EAU Guidelines on Renal Transplantation

Living-donor nephrectomy, recipient surgery and transplant complications.

Accessed 2026-08-03 · opens source
03 Same procedure

Other Transplant lymphocele complication modules

intraoperative Graft, ureteric or iliac-vessel injury multiple Bowel injury or internal herniation late Persistent drainage or recurrence multiple Chemical injury or systemic reaction immediate Missed urinary leak or misclassified collection late Graft dysfunction from persistent compression
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