Chronic kidney disease after nephrectomy in patients with renal cortical tumours: a retrospective cohort study. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease is a graded and independent risk factor for substantial comorbidity and death. We aimed to examine new onset of chronic kidney disease in patients with small, renal cortical tumours undergoing radical or partial nephrectomy. METHODS: We did a retrospective cohort study of 662 patients with a normal concentration of serum creatinine and two healthy kidneys undergoing elective partial or radical nephrectomy for a solitary, renal cortical tumour (

publication date

  • September 1, 2006

Research

keywords

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell
  • Kidney Cortex
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Kidney Neoplasms
  • Nephrectomy
  • Postoperative Complications

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2239298

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33747832155

PubMed ID

  • 16945768

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 9