Higher surgical wound complication rates with sirolimus immunosuppression after kidney transplantation: a matched-pair pilot study

Sirolimus, a potent new immunosuppressant, has been anecdotally associated with surgical wound complications. We studied postoperative surgical wound complications in 15 kidney recipients receiving sirolimus, prednisone, and tacrolimus or cyclosporine (study group) compared with 15 recipients receiv