Open AccessKidney Function in Living Donors Undergoing Nephrectomy by Sevoflurane or Desflurane Anesthesia
Author(s) -
MinSoo Kim,
Jeong Rim Lee,
Myoung-Soo Kim,
Sung Yeon Ham,
SunWoo Choi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.5.1266
Subject(s) - medicine , sevoflurane , desflurane , nephrectomy , renal function , creatinine , kidney , anesthesia , surgery , kidney transplantation , urology
Although there is no clinical evidence of nephrotoxicity with the volatile anesthetics currently used in general anesthesia, a better agent should be needed in terms of preserving postoperative renal function in living kidney donors who have only single remaining kidney. The purpose of the current retrospective, single-center study was to evaluate and compare renal function of living kidney donors after nephrectomy under either sevoflurane or desflurane anesthesia.