Compensatory renal enlargement in older patients.
Renal size (product of length and width) was measured at urography before and after nephrectomy performed for tumor in 33 patients aged 38-78 years (mean, 59). In 88% a statistically significant enlargement of the remaining kidney was found (P less than .001). Earlier reports stating that compensatory renal hypertrophy does not occur in older patients cannot be supported.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy