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World J Transplant. Dec 18, 2025; 15(4): 105597
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.105597
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.105597
Table 1 Case reports and case series describing episodes of spontaneous kidney graft rupture published between 1973 and 2024
| Ref. | SGR/KT (n) | P.O. day (range) | Follow up (months) | Graftectomy | Repair | Repair technique | Graft salvage | Death |
| Lord et al[1], 1973 | 1/280 | 14 | < 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| Ghose et al[20], 1973 | 6/71 | - | - | 3 | 3 | Porcine skin gelatin + sutures | 3 | 0 |
| Fjeldborg et al[21], 1974 | 7/200 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Libertino et al[22], 1974 | 1/- | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Anderson et al[23], 1976 | 1/- | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Autogenous musculofascial tissue + sutures | 1 | 0 |
| Van Cangh et al[24], 1977 | 9/325 | - | - | 6 | 3 | Autogenous fat bolster + sutures | 0 | 0 |
| Brekke et al[12], 1978 | 16/448 | - | - | 10 | 6 | Direct sutures | 1 | 0 |
| Goldman et al[25], 1978 | 1/- | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Susan et al[26], 1978 | 4/474 | 5-16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | Oxidized cellulose + sutures | 2 | 0 |
| Prompt et al[27], 1979 | 8/327 | 2-11 | < 1 | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Dryburgh et al[6], 1979 | 9/93 | 1-18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| van der Vliet et al[28], 1980 | 1/211 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Goldman et al[29], 1982 | 7/350 | 3-7 | 58 | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | 0 |
| Thukral et al[13], 1982 | 3/100 | 6-8 | 60 | 0 | 3 | Direct sutures or direct sutures + oxcel mesh | 3 | 0 |
| Ajao et al[2], 1984 | 1/- | 1475 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| Yadav et al[30], 1985 | 11/152 | 7-14 | 30 | 3 | 8 | Porcine skin gelatin + sutures | 8 | 3 |
| Serrallach et al[31], 1985 | 5/66 | 4-10 | 15 | 0 | 5 | Compression + lyophilized human dura | 5 | 0 |
| Schwartz et al[32], 1986 | 5/80 | 5-17 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 |
| Chopin et al[33], 1989 | 4/85 | 5-32 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Synthetic glue + polyglactin 910 mesh | 3 | 0 |
| Richardson et al[34], 1990 | 15/791 | 3-14 | 72 | 9 | 6 | Topical hemostatic agent + sutures | 4 | 1 |
| Odocha et al[35], 1991 | 1/- | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Robertson et al[36], 1992 | 6/384 | 4-38 | 43 | 0 | 6 | Oxidized cellulose + sutures | 6 | 0 |
| Rosario et al[37], 1993 | 3/571 | 2-4 | - | 0 | 3 | Polyglycolic acid mesh | 3 | 0 |
| Yadav et al[38], 1994 | 15/237 | - | 120 | 4 | 11 | Gelatin matrix + sutures | 11 | - |
| Said et al[39], 1994 | 3/75 | 4-11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | Oxidized cellulose + sutures | 1 | 0 |
| Heimbach et al[18], 1995 | 8/238 | 8-17 | 94 | 1 | 7 | Fibrin sealant + collagen foam + polyglactin 910 mesh | 7 | 0 |
| Guleria et al[17], 1995 | 1/- | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Azar et al[3], 1996 | 12/331 | 4-21 | - | 12 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| Zadrozny et al [40], 1997 | 8/112 | - | - | 2 | 6 | Fibrin sealant + polyester mesh or cyanoacrylate + polyester mesh or gelatin matrix + sutures | 3 | 0 |
| Pontones Moreno et al[41], 1998 | 21/868 | - | - | 4 | 16 | Lyophilized human dura or autogenous fascia lata or lyophilized human dura + autogenous fascia lata or polyglycolic acid mesh | 16 | 0 |
| Szenohradszky et al[42], 1999 | 53/628 | - | - | 37 | 16 | - | 16 | - |
| Chan et al[43], 1999 | 1/- | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Collagen sheets coated with hemostats | 1 | 0 |
| Philipneri et al[44], 2000 | 1/- | 7 | < 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Ramos et al[45], 2000 | 11/934 | 2-13 | - | 10 | 1 | Fibrin sealant + collagen foam | 1 | 0 |
| Millwala et al[46], 2000 | 4/145 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | Porcine skin gelatine + polyglycolic acid mesh or collagen foam + fibrin sealant + lyophilized human dura | 2 | 1 |
| Ahmed et al[8], 2001 | 1/- | 1099 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Hochleitner et al[4], 2001 | 14/1811 | 3-23 | 111 | 5 | 9 | Direct sutures or fibrin sealant + infrared and/or laser coagulation or absorbable mesh | 9 | 0 |
| Zakir et al[10], 2003 | 1/- | 644 | < 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Guleria et al[47], 2003 | 3/172 | 5-7 | - | 0 | 3 | Autogenous muscle patch (transversus abdominis/internal oblique muscle) | 3 | 0 |
| He et al[48], 2003 | 38/1000 | - | 60 | 2 | 31 | Sutures + external oblique aponeurosis pledgets | 29 | 0 |
| Sanchez de la Nieta et al[9], 2004 | 10/657 | 1-10 | - | 5 | 5 | Direct sutures or Polyglycolic acid mesh | 3 | 0 |
| Busi et al[49], 2004 | 4/778 | 4-13 | < 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Shahrokh et al[7], 2005 | 6/1682 | 4-13 | 60 | 3 | 3 | Autogenous fat bolster + sutures or oxidized cellulose + sutures | 2 | 0 |
| Basaran et al[50], 2009 | 5/1379 | 6-32 | - | 5 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Askandarani et al[51], 2011 | 1/- | 1950 | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
| McCausland et al[52], 2011 | 1/- | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Human thrombin and animal gelatin + fibrin sealant | 1 | 0 |
| Han et al[15], 2012 | 26/1851 | - | 78 | 0 | 26 | Autogenous fat bolster + resorbable bundle or autogenous muscle patch + resorbable bundle or sutures + autologous cubic muscle pledgets or sutures + external oblique aponeurosis pledgets | 26 | 0 |
| Lai et al[53], 2014 | 1/- | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | Oxidized cellulose + sutures + hem-o-lok | 1 | 0 |
| Sin et al[54], 2014 | 1/- | 20 | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Almarastani et al[55], 2014 | 1/- | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Human fibrinogen and thrombin + bovine albumin-glutaraldehyde | 1 | 0 |
| Favi et al[5], 2015 | 1/- | 4 | 96 | 0 | 1 | Human thrombin and animal gelatin + polyglactin 910 mesh | 1 | 0 |
| Ray et al[56], 2017 | 1/- | 6 | < 1 | 0 | 1 | Human fibrinogen and thrombin + sutures + hem-o-lok | 1 | 0 |
| Ko et al[57], 2019 | 1/- | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | Human thrombin and animal gelatin + oxidized cellulose | 1 | 0 |
| Fazeli et al[58], 2021 | 1/- | 5 | < 1 | 0 | 1 | Sutures + fat bolster | 1 | 0 |
| Montali et al[59], 2022 | 1/- | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Godara et al[60], 2022 | 1/- | 7 | - | - | 1 | Sutures + oxidized cellulose | 1 | 0 |
| Konopa et al[61], 2024 | 1/- | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
- Citation: Campioli E, Sikharulidze A, Cenzi LM, Spagnoletti G, Ferraresso M, Favi E. Suture-free polyglactin 910 mesh repair of kidney graft rupture: A case report and review of literature. World J Transplant 2025; 15(4): 105597
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v15/i4/105597.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.105597
