Do multiple renal arteries in the remnant kidney have a negative influence on kidney donors after kidney donation?

• Published in: Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 612 - 616
• Main Authors: MA, LU-LIN, LI, GANG, HUANG, YI, HOU, XIAO-FEI, ZHAO, LEI, WANG, GUO-LIANG, TANG, WEN-HAO, CHEN, YING-TAO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Pressure; Chi-Square Distribution; China; Creatinine - blood; Female; Humans; Hypertension - etiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Kidney - blood supply; Kidney - physiopathology; Kidney - surgery; Kidney Diseases - etiology; Kidney Diseases - physiopathology; kidney transplant; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Laparoscopy - adverse effects; live donor; Living Donors; Male; Middle Aged; Nephrectomy - adverse effects; remnant kidney; Renal Artery - abnormalities; Renal Artery - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; China

Aim:  To investigate whether the presence of multiple renal arteries in the remnant kidney has implications for lower renal function or increased incidence of hypertension. Methods:  We reviewed the intraoperative and follow‐up data of 101 live kidney donors who underwent nephrectomies at our instit...