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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH RENAL TRANSPLANTATION 1
Author(s) -
Straffon Ralph A.,
Nakamoto Satoru,
Kolff Willem J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1965.tb09612.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , nephrectomy , dialysis , cadaver , cadaveric spasm , surgery , kidney
SUMMARY The results of our first thirty‐five cases of renal homotransplantation performed on thirty‐two patients are reported. Of the twenty patients living, seven received kidneys from live donors and all of these patients have functioning kidneys. In addition, these patients are all out of the hospital and are living normal or relatively normal lives. In general, the renal function has been maintained somewhat better than in the majority of the cadaver transplants. There are thirteen patients living who had cadaveric renal homografts. Of this group, eleven have functioning kidneys and two required nephrectomy of the homograft and are being maintained on chronic dialysis. Four of these patients are still in the hospital at this time, but the remainder are leading normal or relatively normal lives. Experience obtained to date would seem to indicate that clinical experiments with renal transplantation are of such success as to encourage further work in this field. We are particularly hopeful that the utilisation of cadaver donors will continue to be a rewarding one. There remain many questions to be answered, but careful work in this field should provide many of the answers.