title: Bilateral nephrectomy and dialysis as an option for patients with bilateral renal cancer.
abstract: Six patients who underwent bilateral nephrectomy for renal carcinoma were placed on maintenance dialysis; of these, 1 patient had a renal transplant. A 5-year 44% survival of these patients was observed. We feel that radical nephrectomy followed by chronic dialysis is a reasonable alternative and offers a fair prognosis to patients with bilateral renal cancer in which partial nephrectomy is not possible.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rotellar
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rakowski
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Winchester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis