Is Nephrectomy Obsolete for Unilateral Renal Tuberculosis?

Beck, A. David; Marshall, Victor F.

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)62823-4

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“…On the other hand, Beck and Marshall (1967) performed 31 (62%) nephrectomies in a group of 50 tuberculous kidneys.…”

Section: Ulcerative Forms Of Destructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Destructive Forms of Renal Tuberculosis

Petković¹,

Šumarac²,

Petronić³

et al. 1975

Eur Urol

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“…On the other hand, Beck and Marshall (1967) performed 31 (62%) nephrectomies in a group of 50 tuberculous kidneys.…”

Section: Ulcerative Forms Of Destructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Destructive Forms of Renal Tuberculosis

Petković¹,

Šumarac²,

Petronić³

et al. 1975

Eur Urol

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“…Currently, the disease‐related mortality is even less and the need to supplement medical treatment with nephrectomy to control the infection is rare [ 3]. However, kidneys with poor function occur in 34–47% [ 5, 6] and non‐functioning kidneys in 18–19% of infected patients [ 5, 7]. Nephrectomy of poorly functioning kidneys is carried out in 15–45% of cases [ 8–12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Relief of urinary tract obstruction in tuberculosis to improve renal function. Analysis of predictive factors

Ramanathan

Kumar

Kapoor

et al. 1998

British Journal of Urology

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“…The high nephrectomy rate was mainly caused by late diagno sis of UGT resulting in irreparable damage to the kidney. However, the indications for nephrectomy adopted in several centers vary [4,7,10,11,25] and have led to discussion for many years [15,20], In this retrospective review, the indications for 137 consecutive nephrectomies, carried out in patients with UGT, were analyzed in order to define particular factors necessitating nephrectomy.…”

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confidence: 99%