Acute Kidney Injury and the Compensation of Kidney Function After Nephrectomy in Living Donation

Authors

Kenji Okumura, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States. kenji.okumura@wmchealth.org.
Holly Grace, Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States.
Hiroshi Sogawa, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States.
Shigeyoshi Yamanaga, Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto 861-8520, Japan.

Author Type(s)

Faculty, Resident/Fellow

DOI

10.5500/wjt.v12.i8.223

Journal Title

World Journal of Transplantation

First Page

223

Last Page

230

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-18-2022

Department

Surgery

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) incidence is growing rapidly, and AKI is one of the predictors of inpatient mortality. After nephrectomy, all the patients have decreased kidney function with AKI and recover from AKI. However, the characteristic and behavior of AKI is different from usual AKI and compensatory kidney function has been well known in the postoperative setting, especially in living donors. In this review, we have focused on the compensation of kidney function after nephrectomy in living donors. We discuss factors that have been identified as being associated with kidney recovery in donors including age, sex, body mass index, remnant kidney volume, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and various comorbidities.

Recommended Citation

Okumura, K., Grace, H., Sogawa, H., & Yamanaga, S. (2022). Acute Kidney Injury and the Compensation of Kidney Function After Nephrectomy in Living Donation. World Journal of Transplantation, 12 (8), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v12.i8.223