Is the solitary kidney a privileged kidney?
In rabbits the renal function of solitary kidneys subjected to ischaemic damage was compared with that of kidneys damaged identically in the presence of a normal contralateral organ. In spite of compensatory hypertrophy of the solitary kidney, no improvement in its tolerance to ischaemia was observed. The solitary kidney is thus not a privileged kidney.
D000818:Animals; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D007511:Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009929:Organ Size; D011817:Rabbits
D003404:Creatinine