Renal function after nephrectomy in renal donors.
Six months to 5 years after nephrectomy in renal donors, creatinine clearances and PSP tests of 34 cases had recovered to 81.8% and 68.2% respectively of prenephrectomy performance. Blood urea nitrogen, creatinine and uric acid levels had increased to 24.9%, 36.7% and 24.3% respectively of prenephrectomy values. There was compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining kidney. The mean increase in size of the remaining kidney was 12.0% x 17.8%. There were early complications in 11 (32%) of the donors, in the form of pneumothorax in six cases, wound infection in two cases, hepatitis in two cases and urinary tract infection in one case. There was one late complication of neuralgic pain in the scar region.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014556:Urine / Q000166:cytology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology