Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Proper protocol for prevention and treatment of complications of kidney transplantation helps increase the short-and long-term survival after kidney transplantation.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the curative effects of physiotherapy on complications after kidney transplantation.
METHODS: A computer-based retrieval was performed to search the manuscripts describing kidney transplantation and physiotherapy in Weipu database published between January 1998 and October 2010 with the key words kidney transplantation, complication, physiotherapy. Inclusion criteria: highly related manuscripts; manuscripts with repetitive contents or obsolete references were excluded. Thirty manuscripts were first reviewed and reference read, and 18 manuscripts were included in the final analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After renal allograft transplantation, application of high dose of immunosuppressive agent decreases organism’s resistance and increases the infection factor of various diseases. Based on drug treatment, conventional acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, ultraviolet irradiation, low-intensity helium-neon laser irradiation, and high frequency electrotherapy can control infection, promote wound healing, shorten disease course, and reduce sequelae.