Complete recovery of renal allograft function after sixty days of delay following living related transplantation.
Delayed graft function (DGF), a term employed when a newly transplanted organ does not function efficiently is commonly observed following cadaveric renal transplantation but is very rare after living related transplants. We present a 31-year-old female recipient of a related donor kidney (mother) who had DGF following trans-plantation due to acute tubular necrosis, probably caused by partial allograft arterial thrombosis, which recovered function after 60 days. Appropriate use of allograft biopsy should be encouraged even in resource-limited settings lest the allograft be assumed to have failed irreversibly.
Arogundade
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Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, P.M.B 5538 Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. fatiu3@yahoo.com
Badmus
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Sanusi
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Faponle
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Adelusola
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Adesunkanmi
Ark
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Agbakwuru
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Salako
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Adetiloye
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Famurewa
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Fatoye
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Oyebamiji
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Akinola
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Akinsola
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D000328:Adult; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D051799:Delayed Graft Function / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D019520:Living Donors; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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