Publications by authors named "Michael S Phelan"
Article Synopsis
- * Out of the patients, 3% developed hernias, mostly in females with prior pregnancies, occurring about 13.5 months after donation, with an average hernia size of 5.1 cm.
- * Despite some complications requiring additional surgeries, there were no deaths, and recipient survival rates were high, suggesting that single-site nephrectomy is a reliable surgical technique at this medical center.
Background: Timing of bilateral nephrectomy (BN) is controversial in patients with refractory symptoms of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (APKD) in need of a renal transplant.
Methods: Adults who underwent live donor renal transplant (LRT) + simultaneous BN (SBN) from August 2003 to 2013 at a single transplant center (n = 66) were retrospectively compared to a matched group of APKD patients who underwent LRT alone (n = 52). All patients received general health and polycystic kidney symptom surveys.