Korean J Urol.  1981 Oct;22(5):374-377.

A Clinical Observation on Living Kidney Donors

• Chang SG
• Chai SS

Abstract

A clinical observation was made on 11 cases of kidney transplantation donors performed in the Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University during the period from August, 1978 to October, 1979. The following results were obtained: 1) The age was ranged from 24 to 72 years old and most favorable age was in 50 to 59 years old The average was 51.7 years old. 2) The sex ratio, male to female, was 4:7. 3) Relation between donor and recipient: Related living donor: 10 cases, Unrelated living donor: 1 4) Among total 11 operated patients, thoracoabdominal incision performed on 10 cases and anterior subcostal incision was done only 1 case. 5) Postoperative renal function was estimated through the serum B.U.N and creatinine level at within postoperative 24 hours and it was almost normal range 6) Average operation time was 255 minutes. 7) The postoperative complications were would infection (2 cases), urinary tract infection(1 case), pneumothorax (1 case) and bronchopneumonia (1 case).

Keyword

renal transplantation; living donor

MeSH Terms

Aged
Bronchopneumonia
Creatinine
Female
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Kidney*
Living Donors
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumothorax
Postoperative Complications
Reference Values
Sex Ratio
Tissue Donors*
Urinary Tract
Urology
Creatinine