Search for: [Abstract = "dkarpackie Voivodeship Hospital in Krosno. Reasons for carrying out nephrectomy in the studied group were not uniform, they included\: kidney cancer, hydronephrosis, pyonephrosis, renal calculus, kidney cysts, renal pelvis tumour, or kidney afunction. The average period of observation of patients was 5.9 years\; minimum time from the operation was 1 year, while the maximum time from the operation reached 30 years. In all patients, the morphological and functional kidney status was evaluated before and after nephrectomy, using ultrasound scanning. The functional status of the remaining kidney was evaluated on a basis of serum levels of creatinine, urea, sodium and potassium, as well as the glomerular filtration rate estimated using Cockcroft\-Gault formula and the abbreviated MDRD formula. Changes in the urinalysis were also evaluated with particular attention paid to proteinuria occurrence, and blood pressure values before and after nephrectomy were verified for possible hypertension. The material was also reviewed for frequency and types of complications occurring in a postoperative period and after a long time in individual patients covered by the study. The collected material was entered into a database developed in the Excel 2003 application. The statistical analysis of the parameters listed above was carried out with SPSS 17.0 PL and Statistica 7.0 PL applications.Results.The"]

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