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- Title
Bilateral nephrectomy prior to renal transplantation.
- Authors
Calman, K. C.; Bell, P. R. F.; Briggs, J. D.; Hamilton, D. N. H.; Macpherson, S. G.; Paton, A. M.
- Abstract
Bilateral nephrectomy was perjormed in 53 patients on regular haemodialysis. The indications were pyelonephritis in 30, polycystic kidneys in 6, glomeruloneph-ritis in 7, uncontvollable hypertension in 9 and horseshoe kidney in 1. In 87 per cent of cases the operation was carried out as a separate procedure prior to transplantation. The mortality was 9 per cent and the postoperative complications included hypotension, clotting of arterio-venous shunts, pneumonia and subphrenic abscess. As a result of our experience we have revised our indications for bilateral nephrectomy which now are pyelonephritis only when associated with persistent bacteriuria or ureteric reflux, polycystic kidneys and uncontrollable hypertension.
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 1976, Vol 63, Issue 7, p512
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.1800630704