Bilateral nephrectomy and dialysis as an option for patients with bilateral renal cancer |
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| Authors: | J Black C Rotellar T A Rakowski J F Winchester |
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| Affiliation: | Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. |
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| Abstract: | Six patients who underwent bilateral nephrectomy for renal carcinoma were placed on maintenance dialysis; of these, 1 patient had a renal transplant. A 5-year 44% survival of these patients was observed. We feel that radical nephrectomy followed by chronic dialysis is a reasonable alternative and offers a fair prognosis to patients with bilateral renal cancer in which partial nephrectomy is not possible. |
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