Factors related to suboptimal recovery of renal function after living donor nephrectomy: a retrospective study

Abstract Background The renal function of the remaining kidney in living donors recovers up to 60~70% of pre-donation estimated-glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by compensatory hypertrophy. However, the degree of this hypertrophy varies from donor to donor and the factors related to it are scarcely...

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Main Authors: Sho Nishida, Yuji Hidaka, Mariko Toyoda, Kohei Kinoshita, Kosuke Tanaka, Chiaki Kawabata, Satoshi Hamanoue, Akito Inadome, Hiroshi Yokomizo, Asami Takeda, Soichi Uekihara, Shigeyoshi Yamanaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-019-1588-3