Journal article
Risk of Nephrectomy in Previous Living Kidney Donors
Abstract
BACKGROUND: For patients with a solitary kidney, such as living kidney donors, the surgical treatment of renal tumors may result in loss of function of the remaining kidney.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, matched cohort study to determine the long-term risk of partial or total nephrectomy in previous living kidney donors compared to healthy nondonors. We reviewed the predonation charts for all living kidney donors in Ontario, Canada …
Authors
Ordon M; Welk B; McArthur E; Lam NN; Lentine KL; Nguan C; Garg AX
Journal
Transplantation, Vol. 100, No. 6, pp. 1313–1317
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
June 2016
DOI
10.1097/tp.0000000000001036
ISSN
0041-1337