End Stage Renal Disease
Data on end stage renal disease described by researchers at University of Tokyo, Medical Department
Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, December 6th, 2009
"The clinical course and risk factors for developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after heminephrectomy in living kidney donors have scarcely been investigated. We reviewed medical records and identified eight case donors who developed chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 or ESRD, and subsequently investigated the association between postoperative clinical courses and changes in renal function," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report.
"To conduct a case-control study, we also selected a control group comprising 24 donors who had maintained stable renal function and were matched for age, sex and follow-up time since donation. Except for one donor who developed ESRD caused...
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