This study was performed on all patients diagnosed with chronic renal failure that underwent kidney transplant surgery at Babol Shahid Beheshti hospital. After obtaining informed consent, patients were enrolled in census and were divided randomly into two groups. Group one and two operated by electrocautery and suture ligation of iliac lymphatic vessels respectively. Patients with history of pelvic radiotherapy and extensive surgery on lymphatics and patients with history of ipsilateral kidney transplant accompanying with contralateral pelvic surgery was excluded. All study cases was admitted in the transplant ward of Shahid Beheshti hospital before surgery, and exact paraclinical investigation including CBC, urine analysis, BUN, Cr, sonography of the kidney and urinary system by radiologist was done. All operations was done by one surgery team. Operation time and lymphatic closure time (both electrocautery and suture ligation) was documented by trained personnel. Patients was examined 2 to 7 days after surgery by a physician, and any signs of surgical site infection (erythema, swelling, discharge and pain) was noted and documented. Patients follow up for demonstration of fluid collection around the transplant kidney by ultra sonography was done one week, one month and three months post operatively. patientʼs data including gender, age, preoperative clinical and paraclinical data was collected. Other information of the patientʼs condition during admission such as vital signs, laboratory data and any change or complication (hydronephrosis, fluid collection, urinary tract infection,…) was collected and analysed.