Korean J Urol.
1983 Aug;24(4):599-602.
A Clinical Observation on the Nephrectomized Patient
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Urology, School of Medicine Soon-Chun-Hyang College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A clinical observation was made on the 58 nephrectomized patients during the period from Jan. 1978 to Dec. 1982 and the following were obtained. 1. The nephrectomies were performed in the 58 patients of the 465 urologic operations. (12.5%) 2. The most frequent age distribution ranged from 20 years old to 49 years old and the ratio of male to female was 1.3:1. 3. The causative disease of nephrectomy were tuberculosis (22.4%), renal stone (15.5%), renal injury (13.8%), hydronephrosis (12.1%), renal tumor (12.1%) and renal infection(10.3%) in order. 4. The common symptom were flank pain (41.4%), hematuria (37.9%), and frequency (17.2%). 5. The most frequently employed surgical approach of nephrectomy was though flank (79.3%). 6. The postoperative complications were 8 cases(13.8%),of which wound infection was the highest (6.9 %) 7. 47 cases (81.0%) were discharged within 15 days after operation.
