Title:

Kidney transplantation using kidney taken from a dead body. A case Report

Creator:

Nielubowicz, Jan

Contributor:

Orłowski, Tadeusz ; Rowiński, Wojciech ; Szczerbań, Jerzy ; Szostek, Mieczysław ; Kamiński, Bogdan ; Olszewski, Waldemar ; Ładygin, Jerzy ; Lao, Mieczysław ; Gradowska, Liliana

Publisher:

PZWL

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

1967

Description:

[Translated from Pol Przegl Chir vol.28, no 10, 1966]

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

After the submission of this paper for publication our patient has died. She was readmitted ten days after discharge because of severe upper abdominal pain, vomiting and signs of general shock. The diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was established and the patient was treated conservatively. During the course of the disease a pancreatic abscess formed with the signs of general sepsis. On the 25th July (six months after transplantation) the patient died of massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage. The kidney function during this whole time was good. Autopsy revealed the grossly normal looking transplanted kidney, with minimal microscopical signs of rejection, hemorrhagic pancreatitis and four superficial erosions in the stomach. We have performed another kidney transplantation using a kidney from a dead body. The patient, a 40 years old man, received the kidney from a man who had died of massive cranial injury. The postoperative course was uncomplicated. The rejection process was recognized on three occasions and treated with Actinomycine C and high doses of prednisone. It is 157 days now since the transplantation and the kidney function is good. He returned to his normal work as a Police Officer

Relation:

Polish Medical Journal

Volume:

6

Issue:

4

Start page:

901

End page:

907

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

pdf

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Copyright holder:

Olszewski, Waldemar

Digitizing institution:

Mossakowski Medical Research Institute PAS

Original in:

Library of the Mossakowski Medical Research Institute PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open